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Father agrees to baby's birth after pledges of aid, house

Pledges of aid have prompted the father of 26-year-old Y?ld?z Alç?'s six-month-old unborn baby to consent to the baby's birth after the extraordinary story made headlines across Turkey.






Alç?, who has been on life support since she succumbed to meningitis and was pronounced brain dead on Jan. 3, has two young children with Erdinç Ceyhan. Ceyhan had publicly asked doctors to sever life support for his partner -- and subsequently that of his unborn child's -- after surmounting medical bills and the prospect of raising three children alone overcame the grieving father.

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