Authorities in Istanbul have evacuated a hotel in the city’s Fatih district after a German-Turkish mother and her two children died from suspected poisoning. The family, visiting from Hamburg, reportedly fell ill after consuming street food including stuffed mussels and kokorec, a local dish made from calf intestines. The father remains in critical condition. Investigators are exploring multiple possible sources of poisoning, including food and pesticide exposure, after discovering that a hotel room had recently been sprayed with chemicals. Police have detained eight individuals, including a hotel employee, two pest control workers, a baker, and four street food vendors, in connection with the case. Forensic teams have collected water samples from the hotel, which does not operate a restaurant. The three victims were buried in Afyonkarahisar province. The cause of the poisoning has not yet been confirmed, and authorities continue to investigate both environmental and food-related factors.
Guests at an Istanbul hotel have reportedly been moved after three Germans who stayed there died of suspected poisoning. The source of the apparent poisoning has yet to be established. A hotel in Istanbul has been evacuated following the deaths of a
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