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\n\t\tAysel Gencay (right) will not receive any of her mother\u2019s fortune after a failed lawsuit against her brother (left)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tAysel Gencay (right) will not receive any of her mother\u2019s fortune after a failed lawsuit against her brother (left)<\/p>\n
A woman has lost a legal battle with her brother over their mother\u2019s \u00a31.1million inheritance fortune.<\/p>\n
Aysel Gencay, 72, accused her older brother Dogan Halil, 74, of poisoning their mother\u2019s mind, convincing her to give all of her inheritance solely to him.<\/p>\n
Their mum, Dervishe Halill, moved to\u00a0London<\/a>\u00a0from Cyprus with her husband in 1952 and died a rich woman at the age of 94 in 2021.<\/p>\n Within five years, Dervishe made four wills, splitting her \u00a31.1million estate between all her children.<\/p>\n \t\t But, ultimately, she left all of her fortune to Dogan, excluding her other two children in the final will.<\/p>\n This final decision led to Aysel suing her brother as executor of the estate, claiming her mother would not have knowingly handed everything over to him.<\/p>\n But the judge threw out all her claims, ruling that Dervishe\u2019s last will of 2018 is valid.<\/p>\n In 2015, Aysel received a handwritten note from her mum threatening to cut her out of her will unless she apologised and mended bridges with Dogan and showed her \u2018love and respect,\u2019 Central London County Court heard.<\/p>\n The letter, which was addressed to Aysel and her other brother Attila, read: \u2018Your actions have destroyed my life and home, your actions towards your brother Dogan are very bad and shameful \u2013 we saw nothing but goodness from Dogan to all of us.\u2019<\/p>\n Three years later, Dervishe disinherited Aysel and Attila from her final will saying nothing had changed since the letter.<\/p>\n During the legal battle, Aysel claimed her older brother had \u2018worked on\u2019 their mother so that she \u2018surrendered her judgment\u2019 and pressured her to sign over all her fortune to him.<\/p>\n She also insisted that the two letters detailing her mother\u2019s reasons were inspired by Dogan.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tLatest London news\t\t\t<\/p>\n To get the latest news from the capital visit Metro’s London news hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aysel\u2019s barrister, Peter John, argued that the will should be ruled invalid.<\/p>\n He said: \u2018The deceased had always indicated that she would deal with her estate on the basis of equality \u2013 informed by her cultural and religious background and her consistent approach towards her children throughout their lives.<\/p>\n \u2018The deceased\u2019s purported last will \u2013 the 2018 will \u2013 was, therefore, a shock to the claimant as the deceased\u2019s only daughter, completely at odds with these statements, and also inconsistent with the relationship which she enjoyed with the deceased throughout her life.\u2019<\/p>\n Aysel, who lives in\u00a0Turkey<\/a>, was always close to her mother and said the disinheritance goes against all custom and family expectations.<\/p>\n \t\t Giving evidence, she claimed she flew to her mother from\u00a0Istanbul<\/a>\u00a0multiple times a year in the years leading to Dervishe\u2019s death: \u2018I remained extremely close to my mother all my life.\u2019<\/p>\n He also argued that the mum would not have been able to write such letters without \u2018significant assistance\u2019 and the language was \u2018startingly similar\u2019 to that used by Dogan\u2019s correspondence.<\/p>\n However, Dervishe had attended her solicitor on her own and was observed to seem mentally sharp and aware of what she was doing.<\/p>\n She even told her solicitor that the reason for it was because the two did not visit her or show any interest, the court heard.<\/p>\n Despite Aysel\u2019s arguments, Judge Mark Raeside KC said she had become \u2018fixated\u2019 with trying to prove her brother\u2019s dishonesty.<\/p>\n The judge described Dogan as a \u2018dutiful son\u2019 who had done the best for his ageing mother before her death.<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018Aysel said that the side letters could only have come from Dogan, who was behind their untruthfulness,\u2019 said the judge.<\/p>\n He rejected Aysel\u2019s \u2018fraudulent calumny\u2019 claim against her brother, saying \u2018but the side letters are clear in what they say.<\/p>\n \u2018Aysel was wrong in her approach. She became fixated on this matter and her conduct was fundamentally wrong.<\/p>\n \u2018She raised these matters quite wrongly.<\/p>\n \u2018There was no dishonesty by Dogan. Dogan wasn\u2019t responsible for any suspicion and therefore the case should be dismissed.\u2019<\/p>\n The judge ruled in Dogan\u2019s favour and said the last will written in 2018 is valid.<\/p>\n Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more stories like this, check our news page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Champion](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_272495911-2c1c-e1763045676676.jpg\")
\n\t\tThis house in Packington Street, Islington, was the centre of the dispute(Picture: Supplied by Champion News)<\/p>\n![\"Champion](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_272495909-a2fd-e1763046351109.jpg\")
\n\t\tAysel says she was close with her mother and was surprised at the decision made in the last will (Picture: Champion News)<\/p>\n![\"Champion](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_272495906-1902-e1763046454844.jpg\")
\n\t\tDogan was described as a \u2018dutiful son\u2019 by Judge Mark Raeside KC (Picture: Supplied by Champion News)<\/p>\n
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