According to Handan Deniz, the reason behind their separation was that Özcan Deniz having girlfriends on the side.Handan Deniz said at the time: “He had a girlfriend. I also wanted to start a new life. Whenever I called to let him know that I wanted to break up, he was either too busy or he would say, ‘Why do you want to break up, our marriage is going well?’ In the end, I realized that I could not handle it like this, and I left through power of attorney, by contacting a lawyer relative in Turkey.”