Overview
- The deaths of the children, ages 3 and 6, were confirmed Thursday, and authorities reported the mother's death Friday.
- The father is being treated in intensive care, according to Turkey’s justice minister Yilmaz Tunç.
- Police and health officials collected samples from the locations where the family ate as part of the ongoing investigation.
- Four restaurant managers and servers were arrested, and the establishment in Örtaköy was placed under seal, local media reported.
- The family fell ill on the day they ate in Örtaköy, were hospitalized, then returned to their hotel in Fatih where the children’s conditions deteriorated, with possible links to mussels and ‘kumpir’ unconfirmed pending tests.