Inside Mesut Ozil's new life in Istanbul: Living in a $10m mega-mansion, how Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan became 'grandpa' to his children, and why Real Madrid row means he hasn't spoken to his father in 13 years

The former Germany international was born to two Turkish immigrant parents in Gelsenkirchen, but has always felt deep ties to his ancestral homeland.

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