US EditionSuspected street food poisoning kills mum, two kids in Istanbul
- Friday, authorities reported two children and their mother have died after suspected foodborne poisoning at a popular Istanbul tourist site, with the father fighting for his life.
- The family, staying in the Fatih district, reportedly fell ill on Wednesday after eating several street-food dishes at a waterside restaurant in Ortakoy, Istanbul.
- Media reports named specific dishes including mussels with rice, `Kumpir`, `kokorec`, and Turkish Delight as items the family reportedly ate.
- Samples have been taken and probes opened by health authorities, with the provincial health directorate initiating an investigation and Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc writing on X that four people have been taken into custody.
- Public-Health context: the case follows other European scares, including two butcher shops in northern France that closed about five months earlier after a girl died, while federal researchers say foodborne illness kills more than 900 Americans a year.
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Turkish authorities have detained four suspects in the death of a German mother and her two children after they died of suspected food poisoning while on holiday in Istanbul. The family allegedly ate food from street stalls.
Mother, two children die in suspected food poisoning case in Istanbul
A mother hospitalized in Istanbul for suspected food poisoning died on Nov. 14, one day after her two children succumbed to the same illness, which authorities link to street food the family consumed in Ortaköy.
A mother and her two children died during a stay in Istanbul. Previously, they apparently had eaten street food. There were four arrests.
A mother and her two children died after a restaurant visit while on holiday in Türkiye. Four suspects have now been arrested.
A German mother and her two children (ages 3 and 6) have died in Turkey from suspected food poisoning. The father of the family is in intensive care, according to Turkish media. The family, from Hamburg, had been on vacation in Istanbul since Sunday. They reportedly ate mussels, among other things, from a street vendor in the Ortaköy district. They also ate soup and a kokoreç sandwich, a grilled dish with organs, at a restaurant in the Beşiktaş …
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