Turkish Woman Says Trump Is Her Father, Seeks DNA Test

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A Turkish woman has filed a paternity lawsuit in Ankara claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump is her biological father and is seeking a court-ordered DNA test to determine her lineage, according to information shared with the Ihlas News Agency (IHA).

The case was lodged at the Ankara 27th Family Court by 55-year-old Necla Ozmen, who lives in the Turkish capital. The lawsuit requests a DNA test to establish biological parentage. While the court initially rejected the request, Ozmen has appealed the decision, moving the case to a higher court and keeping the legal process ongoing.

Family courts in Türkiye oversee matters related to personal status, including paternity and lineage disputes. Alongside the proceedings in Türkiye, Ozmen has also initiated efforts to pursue a similar legal process in the United States through diplomatic channels.

Ozmen says she began questioning her biological origins after noticing inconsistencies in her official birth records and hearing statements from family members. She claims her biological mother was a U.S. citizen named Sofya and that she was given up for adoption shortly after birth.

According to Ozmen, she was registered as the child of another woman who had previously lost a baby, a practice she says was not uncommon decades ago in cases of informal adoption. She says these circumstances prompted her to seek legal clarification of her biological parentage.

Speaking to reporters, Ozmen said she filed the paternity case in Türkiye first and appealed after the court rejected her request. She also said she submitted a petition to a family court in the United States via the relevant embassy, seeking an examination of the claim there as well.

Ozmen said her primary demand is for Trump to provide a DNA sample, noting that DNA testing is widely used by courts to determine biological relationships. She stated that she was born in 1970 and began suspecting a possible connection to Trump after seeing media coverage during the U.S. presidential election campaign in 2017.

She said the woman who raised her later claimed that Trump was her father, an assertion Ozmen initially found difficult to accept. Ozmen has stressed that her aim is not to publicly accuse or judge Trump, but to gain clarity about her origins. She has said she would like to meet him to learn whether he was aware of her existence and to be acknowledged by his family if the claim is proven.

Ozmen also cited perceived physical similarities between herself, Trump, and his children as a factor that strengthened her resolve to pursue legal action. She added that if Trump were confirmed as her biological father, she would consider living with him while maintaining her ties to Türkiye.

The case remains at the appeal stage in Türkiye, with no final ruling issued. Legal efforts in both Türkiye and the United States are ongoing.