Istanbul hotel evacuated after tourists die of suspected poisoning

Istanbul, Turkiye: The hotel where a family of Turkish German tourists were staying when they suffered suspected poisoning that killed the mother and...

Istanbul, Turkiye: The hotel where a family of Turkish-German tourists were staying when they suffered suspected poisoning that killed the mother and two children, was evacuated Saturday, local media reported.

All guests staying at the unnamed hotel in the Fatih neighbourhood near Istanbul's historic peninsula were relocated to other hotels, BirGun newspaper said, without saying how many people were involved.

Another two tourists staying at the same hotel were taken to hospital Saturday after coming down with nausea and vomiting, the paper said, without elaborating.

The family fell ill on Wednesday after eating several popular street food dishes in the waterside neighbourhood of Ortakoy, at the foot of a bridge spanning the Bosphorus.

They were taken to hospital but the two children, aged six and three, died on Thursday and the mother a day later, the justice minister said.