November 16, 2025, 1:54 p.mNovember 16, 2025, 1:54 p.m
After Death of a Hamburg mother and her two children While on vacation in Turkey, her hotel in Istanbul was evacuated. The guests were moved to other hotels on Saturday evening, the state news agency Anadolu reported. It was unclear how many people were involved. The authorities also took all the items from the hotel in the Fatih district to examine them in the laboratory.
Father in intensive care
Forensics had already taken samples of the drinking water. According to Anadolu, a room on the ground floor was also disinfected with chemicals – presumably pesticides that are usually used to combat vermin. In this context, two people who carried out the disinfection and a person in charge of the hotel were arrested on Saturday.
So far, the authorities believe that the cause of death was food poisoning. The father is in the intensive care unit. On Saturday, two other tourists who were staying at the same hotel as the family were hospitalized. (sda/dpa)