A TURKISH transsexual woman granted UK asylum is having at least £60,000-worth of NHS surgery to become a man called Dennis.
The 33-year-old fled to Britain in 2002 claiming she was being persecuted in her Muslim homeland.
She has now won the right to become a UK resident - and taxpayers' cash will fund her gender-reassignment programme.
Identified only as G.O, she was born female but will get a prosthetic penis.
Her breasts have been removed and she told friends she wants the name Dennis.
The £60,000 spent already covers the first phase of the complex surgery. She is also having male hormone treatment and shaves her face.
She told a friend: "Once I have an artificial penis I will have the body I always felt I belonged in. Life was terrible in Turkey for someone like me but I'm happy here."
G.O. grew up in a devout Muslim area and claimed she had no option but to flee to a less strict society.
She said she would be lynched if she returned to Turkey as a man.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We have an obligation to offer safety to any individual genuinely at risk of persecution and this sort of case would be acceptable."
The Department of Health said: "NHS treatment is free for UK residents and determined through clinical need."
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