In the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the illegal reproductive cell trade linked to Turkey, TRNC, Albania and Georgia, details regarding the activities of the organized structure including 53 suspects were revealed. In the examination of the statements, messaging and financial records in the investigation file, it was evaluated that donor procurement, drug supply, examination organization, international travels and money transfers were shared between different people. It was stated that Hacer T., who is considered to be the leader of the organization, served as a donor and later took a role in directing other women to clinics and coordinating their procedures.
31-year-old Hacer T., whose statement was taken within the scope of the investigation, stated that she wanted to benefit from the provisions of effective repentance. In her statement, she said that she was a mother of two children and that she made her living with the salary she received from the company she worked for and the income she earned from donorship. Hacer T. explained that he started donorship with the guidance of Emine Ç., that he received 15-20 thousand liras from the transactions in Cyprus, and then he worked with different intermediaries and started to communicate directly with the clinics. Stating that she followed the candidacy processes of other women after her own donor experience, Hacer T. admitted that she coordinated the processes of some women. However, he denied the accusations of establishing and membership in an organization.
In the evaluations in the file, Hacer T. is the leader of the organization, Muharrem Ş., Ahucan A., Enis K., Hayat İ. and Özlem T. were listed among the people considered for managerial positions. Allegedly, finding donors, sending medicines, arranging examinations, directing people abroad and collecting activities were carried out by different people in the structure. It was also reflected in the correspondence that women who had previously been donors found new candidates from their circle of friends and asked for a commission in return for referrals. It was stated that Hacer T. said that she gave 100 euros to the person who introduced her to another candidate, and that she accepted the messages from another donor asking for the promised commission for the woman he referred.
In the statement of a woman in the file, it was stated that in her job application on social media, she was asked about her height, weight and hair color, and that a man who introduced himself as a pharmaceutical company employee later offered to be a donor. The woman said that no reproductive cells were taken during her process and she was not paid a fee. In addition to this statement, it was seen in other correspondence that the candidates' characteristics such as age, blood type, height, weight, hair and eye color were included in the profiles sent to the clinics. It was stated that Hacer T. asked which blood type was needed, explained that she made the candidate matching about a month in advance, and discussed medication, examination and travel plans after the response from the clinic. It was reflected in the correspondence that when a woman drew attention to her birth year, Hacer T. said that she made her look younger by saying "I made it smaller" and that if the information was asked, she wanted to state that it was sent incorrectly. It was also seen that five or six photographs were requested from the candidates, and Hacer T. asked whether the eye color in one photograph was a lens.
In Hacer T.'s statement, it was stated that he said that he delivered the medicines obtained from people in Antalya and Ankara to the women. It was seen that photographs of medicine boxes, injection videos, ultrasound images, cargo receipts and flight ticket information were shared in the correspondence in the file. It was stated that Hacer T. also explained that she took some women to be examined in Istanbul and paid the examination fees. Within the scope of the investigation, it was determined that Merve Ş. traveled abroad on 30 different dates, mainly to Cyprus and once to Albania, between 2023 and 2026. It was determined that some trips took place at intervals of approximately 20 days, and some of the flight tickets were purchased by third parties. These trips were evaluated within the scope of the allegations in the file about donor procurement and obtaining reproductive cells in in vitro fertilization centers abroad.
In the financial investigations in the file, Hacer T. and Muharrem Ş. It was determined that there were mutual money transfers between the two. In the account movements listed between September 4, 2024 and July 26, 2026, it was recorded that 1 million 347 thousand liras were transferred from Muharrem Ş. to Hacer T., and 1 million 253 thousand liras were transferred from Hacer T. to Muharrem Ş. It was stated that the total of two-way money movements listed between two people exceeded 2 million 600 thousand lira. Along with other account movements in the file, it was determined that Hacer T.'s total listed money inflows were 1 million 373 thousand liras and outflows were 1 million 394 thousand liras. It was evaluated that these amounts showed the volume of account transactions and did not reveal the net earnings of the organization. Hacer T. described Muharrem Ş. as her boyfriend whom she met in 2025.
In the correspondence in the file, it was seen that 800 thousand euros were paid to donors in return for the 8-10 thousand euros of income obtained from some transactions. Hacer T. said that he received approximately 5 thousand lira from a normal transaction, and that he was not paid if a low number of eggs were obtained; It was stated that he also stated that he received 100-150 euros in return for referring other women. It was recorded that Hacer T. said in a wage interview, "I have a daughter who produces 90 M2" and that she was paid 1,400 euros for 58 M2 and 1,250 euros for 50 M2. It was reported that the expression M2 in the correspondence was used as a count of the maturity stage of the egg.
