Overview
- The family reportedly fell ill after eating at street-food venues in Ortakoy, a busy waterside tourist area.
- Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said four people responsible at the locations were taken into custody as part of the inquiry.
- Investigators collected samples from the places the family ate, and findings were sent to the Council of Forensic Medicine for definitive cause-of-death rulings.
- Istanbul’s Provincial Health Directorate and the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office are leading the investigation.
- Reports differ on what the family consumed, with accounts variously citing stuffed mussels, kokorec, Turkish delight, sausage or chicken dishes, and the family was reported to have traveled from Hamburg, Germany, for a vacation.