US EditionSuspected street food poisoning kills mum, two kids in Istanbul
- On Nov. 14, the mother of a German-Turkish family died one day after her children, who died on Nov. 13, and the hotel in Istanbul's Fatih district was evacuated on Nov 15.
- The family fell ill on Nov. 12 after eating mussels, kokoreç and kumpir in Ortaköy quarter, Bosphorus waterside; the children were treated for nausea and vomiting but initially discharged.
- Samples from multiple outlets and water sources were collected while municipal teams inspected stalls; forensic investigators and municipal inspection teams took drinking-water and food samples and sealed one restaurant in Beşiktaş.
- Police have detained seven people including a hotel employee and pest-control workers, and two additional tourists were hospitalized on Nov. 15 with similar symptoms.
- Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said tests are under way to confirm if consumed food caused the deaths, and Germany's Foreign Office confirmed the victims were German citizens.
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The family of Turkish-German tourists was guest of the property in Fatih district. Suspects on a recently desecrated room. Seven people were stopped
Two children aged 3 and 6 and their mother died of suspected poisoning while they were on vacation in Istanbul. Dad hospitalized in serious condition. And now the hotel where they were staying was evacuated. The Böcek family had arrived in Istanbul from Germany on November 9: the hospitalization on November 12, with symptoms of suspected poisoning. Then, the death of the children Kadir Muhammet Böcek (6) and Masal Böcek (3), and of the mother Çi…
A family from Hamburg travels to Istanbul, a few days later mother and children are dead, the father is still in intensive care. Was food poisoning caused by street food the cause of death or is the hotel to blame?
How did mother and children from Hamburg die on their holidays? New cases of suspected poisoning in Istanbul bring the investigators on a new trail.
According to media reports, investigations have found that the ground floor of the hotel had recently been treated with pesticides.
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