Overview
- The father remains intubated in critical condition, and the mother and children were to be buried in Afyonkarahisar on Saturday, according to Turkish reports.
- Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said four people were detained and samples were taken at places the family ate, and authorities sealed a suspected outlet in Beşiktaş.
- Turkish media reported two additional guests from the same Fatih hotel — an Italian and a Moroccan — were hospitalized with nausea and vomiting as police collected hotel water samples and reviewed CCTV.
- Investigators traced the family’s movements to Ortaköy streetfood stands where they reportedly ate filled mussels, kokorec, soup, and possibly kumpir before first seeking care and later returning as the children’s conditions worsened.
- Initial autopsy findings were described as inconclusive by local outlets, and the prosecutor’s office involved a homicide unit to examine potential external involvement while definitive toxicology and microbiology results are pending.