Turkish health officials have released a statement on the British mum whose heart 'went missing' in mysterious circumstances.
Beth Martin, from Portsmouth, was on a family holiday in Turkey with her husband Luke and their two young children, eight and five.
Just hours in to their trip, however, the 28-year-old fell ill and became 'delirious' the next morning.
Her husband ordered her an ambulance and followed her with his children in a taxi to the hospital.
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He wasn't to know that when Beth was loaded into the ambulance, it would be the last time he saw her.
After the mum was reportedly moved into the intensive care unit, Luke and the family returned to the hotel because they had allegedly been banned from being with her.
The following morning, they visited the hospital and Beth was nowhere to be seen.
They were told that she had allegedly been moved to another hospital after 'concerns with her heart', and had tragically died.
"And then we find out, even after I gave explicit consent, as did Luke, that they do not touch any of her organs, we find out that when we get back to the UK that they have stolen her heart," Ellie Grey, a grieving friend, said on Facebook.
"Which is very odd, because they claimed she had a heart problem. She didn't, but that's what they claimed."
The Turkish health ministry has now issued a statement and claiming that Beth died of 'cardiac arrest due to multiple organ failure'.
As reported by The Sun, it said: "The patient was recorded in the hospital records as a ‘forensic case’ in line with the statement of Martin’s wife that they may have been poisoned by a meal they ate in their country before the trip, and the initial findings."
They added: "A preliminary autopsy [without incision] was performed at the hospital in accordance with the forensic case procedure and his wife’s request in this regard.
"The exact cause of Martin’s death could not be determined with the current findings in the preliminary autopsy, which was carried out with the participation of the Public Prosecutor and the forensic medicine doctor."
The ministry claimed that Beth 'did not undergo any surgical procedures during her treatment at the hospital, and there was no question of any organs being removed'.
Beth's family have since launched a GoFundMe page as they look to bring her body back to the UK.
"Beth’s death is now being investigated as a potential negligence by the hospital," the fundraiser page read.
At the time of writing, £243,870 has been raised from a £250K target.
Anish Vij