TURKEY Toll from tainted alcohol rises to 23 dead in 48 hours

Twenty three people who drank tainted alcohol in Istanbul have died in the past 48 hours, with dozens more being treated for poisoning, the Anadolu news agency reported Wednesday.

The figure raised a toll given late Tuesday of 11 dead in 24 hours, Anadolu said. A total of 65 people were affected, with 43 people still being treated in hospital and three others discharged. Among them were 26 foreign nationals, the agency said without saying if any had died.

There was no immediate comment from the health ministry.

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“The death toll is rising,” wrote Istanbul governor Davut Gul on X late Tuesday, saying the “licences of 63 business selling counterfeit alcohol were cancelled and they were closed”.