Overview
- Police detained a hotel official and two people who carried out a recent chemical disinfection after two more guests from the property were hospitalized with nausea and vomiting.
- Earlier, four streetfood sellers linked to places the family visited were arrested and a vendor outlet in Beşiktaş/Ortaköy was sealed as part of the parallel food-safety line of inquiry.
- Authorities removed objects and took water samples from the Fatih district hotel for laboratory analysis after evacuating remaining guests to other accommodations.
- A preliminary autopsy found no signs of external violence but noted pronounced gastric bleeding in the mother and children; additional toxicological tests are underway.
- Local media reported a baker near the hotel was also detained, which would bring reported arrests to eight, while investigators continue to examine contaminated food, drinking water and pesticide exposure as possible causes.