Galip Öztürk's wife says their goal is to have 105 children.

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Metro Turizm founder and fugitive Galip Öztürk's wife Kristina says their goal is to have 105 children

Kristina Öztürk, the wife of fugitive businessman Galip Öztürk, the founder of Metro Turizm, has revealed that the couple's long-term goal is to build a family of 105 children. The couple currently has 22 children and has reportedly spent hundreds of thousands of euros on surrogate mothers

Kristina Öztürk spoke about their family plans in an interview with the YouTube channel Bright Side.

They Want 105 Children

The 26-year-old mother, who already has 22 children, said she hopes to have at least 80 more in the future.

"I am always with the children and do everything that mothers normally do," Kristina said.

Kristina and her 58-year-old husband, Galip Öztürk, welcomed their first child in 2017. Of their remaining 21 children, all but two were born through surrogate mothers in 2020.

They Paid Hundreds of Thousands of Euros

According to Bright Side, the couple paid €168,000 to surrogate mothers between March 2020 and July 2021 to expand their family. In addition, they reportedly spend around €89,000 per year to employ 16 live-in nannies who help care for the children.

Most of the children, who are now between two and three years old, are named Mustafa, Maryam, Ayrin, Alice, Hassan, Judy, Harper, Teresa, Hussein, Anna, Isabella, Ismail, Mehmet, Ahmet, Ali, Kristina, Alena, Sarah, Lockman, and Alparslan.

Although the couple still hopes to eventually have more than 100 children, they have decided to postpone expanding their family further until their current children are older.

Who Is Galip Öztürk?

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Galip Öztürk was sentenced to life imprisonment in Türkiye for instigating the murder of Kuvvet Köseoğlu, who was killed in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district 25 years ago. After reportedly learning in advance that the Supreme Court had upheld his sentence, Öztürk fled to Georgia in 2018.

He had previously served time in prison in 2012 for forcing individuals to sign promissory notes.

During a police operation at his office in Batumi, Georgia, authorities also announced that 7.2 kilograms of cocaine had been found in his apartment.

Now a Georgian citizen, Galip Öztürk is the Honorary Chairman of the Metro Companies Group and was also the founding chairman of the Turkish Bus Operators Federation, established in 2005.