The director of the Doğuş Center, Dr. Sevket Alptürk, who, according to Kibris Postasi, left a significant portion of the critical questions raised unanswered in the written statement he issued yesterday afternoon.
Alptürk asserted that the Doğuş Center, which was mentioned by the BBC, operates under the “approval” granted to it by the “Ministry of Health,” that all procedures related to its operation comply with “laws and regulations,” and that these procedures have been reported to the “Ministry of Health.” He argued that “when one examines the BBC’s broadcasts, it is clear that they are politically motivated.”
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He added that some of the websites mentioned in the BBC report do not belong to him or to the center, and he claimed that the correspondence regarding the Cryos sperm bank was also conductedthrough a website that does not belong to him. He also stated that neither he, neither he, nor his website, nor the Doğuş Center had received any written notification from Cryos regarding the center’s inclusion on the “blacklist.”
Alptürk also stated that he had no correspondence or face-to-face meetings with the patients in question, either through his website or online.
The director of the Doğuş center asked the BBC why the names of the other two in vitro fertilization centers that performed procedures on patients other than those at Doğuş were not being disclosed.
The “health minister,” Hakan Dincurek, said on a program on the Kıprıs channel that from day one they have taken the allegations raised in the BBC report seriously, are conducting a thorough investigation, and will keep the public informed. He added that they have been exchanging correspondence with the British media outlet for months regarding the issue of in vitro fertilization centers in the occupied territories. He also stated that if applications are submitted to the “Ministry of Health,” they will proceed with DNA testing for children where there is suspicion regarding the sperm or egg donor.
He noted that the issue also has implications regarding personal data and legal considerations. “You cannot conduct genetic testing on a child simply because a media organization requests it, without the individual’s consent, complaint, or request. This is a very serious issue concerning personal data and bodily integrity. The ministry must receive an official letter of complaint or a request for an investigation. “We have also forwarded this request to the relevant media organization in writing.”
He added that strict inspections are frequently conducted at all in vitro fertilization centers operating in the occupied territories.
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Source: CNA
