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Sultan Kosen – the world’s tallest man according to Guinness World Records – got married on Sunday with his fiancée Merve Dibo .

Sultan Kosen, who stands at 2.52 m (8ft 3in) tall, had given up on finding love as women were put off by his stature – until he met Merve Dibo.

Merve Dibo stands at only 1.73m (5ft 8in) tall.

“Now I will have my own family and private life,” Sultan Kosen told reporters.

Recalling his long search for love and happiness, he added: “How unfortunate I could not find a suitable girl of my own size. But in my fiancée I’ve found the person for me.”

World's tallest man Sultan Kosen got married on Sunday with his fiancée Merve Dibo

World’s tallest man Sultan Kosen got married on Sunday with his fiancée Merve Dibo

Now his dream of finding love has come true, he hopes to find a car big enough for his huge frame so his bride can travel by his side.

After becoming the world’s tallest man in 2009, Sultan Kosen achieved near celebrity status, and as a result the couple had plenty of VIPs to invite to their nuptials in his home city of Mardin.

Guests included a host of politicians, including Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul and PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as religious leaders and high-profile businessmen.

Sultan Kosen, who also holds Guinness World Records for the person with the biggest hands – 27.5 cm (11 in) long – and feet – 36.5 cm (14 in) in length size 28 shoes – had to have a wedding suit specially-tailored for the event.

He suffers from a rare disorder called pituitary gigantism, which causes his body to continually produce the growth hormone. Doctors believe his condition was caused by a tumor on his pituitary gland, which was removed in 2008.

Sultan Kosen grew normally until the age of ten when the tumor caused his growth to increase at a rapid rate – which was only halted until last year.

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Sultan Kosen, the world’s tallest man, may have finally stopped growing at a towering 8ft 3ins (251.4 cm) thanks to a pioneering new treatment.

Turkish farmer Sultan Kosen, 29, suffers from the rare disorder acromegaly which causes his body to continually produce the growth hormone.

Sultan Kosen’s condition was thought to have been caused by a tumor in the pituitary gland which is located in bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain.

Doctors though they had cured him in 2008 when they removed the tumor but he continued to grow at a rate of half of inch a year.

Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man, may have finally stopped growing at a towering 8ft 3ins (251.4 cm) thanks to a pioneering new treatment

Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man, may have finally stopped growing at a towering 8ft 3ins (251.4 cm) thanks to a pioneering new treatment

 

However, researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center, who have developed a new treatment after he visited in 2010, say Sultan Kosen has finally stopped growing.

Sultan Kosen’s hands measure 10.8 in across and his feet are 13.7 in long – which are also world records.

The man, who wears size 28 shoes, is one of only ten people ever to top 8 ft and the first in a decade.

Sultan Kosen grew normally until he was ten but the tumor then caused him to develop the medical condition.

When other children were little more than 4 ft, he was already well over 6 ft.

“The kids used to tease me and I found that very difficult,” Sultan Kosen said on a trip to the UK in 2010.

“But now I am really proud of being tall.”

 

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