A 122-year-old Turkish woman has applied for Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest living women, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.

Seher Bulut, who is living in Adilcevaz town in southeastern province of Bitlis, was born in 1884, said provincial governor Asim Hacimustafaoglu.

"According to our researches, Bulut has eight children and 250 grandchildren and great grandchildren," Guinness Turkey representative Orhan Kural said. "I applied to Guinness on behalf of Bulut as she is very old. We are waiting for an answer."

Kural added that 117-year-old Maria Esther De Capovilla from Ecuador is currently the oldest living woman of the world.

Source: Xinhua