Istanbul, Tainted alcohol

A SUSPECTED methanol poisoning has killed 33 people in Istanbul with 48 more hospitalised, it has been reported. Authorities ...
Thirty-three people have died in Istanbul this week after having drunk tainted alcohol while 48 others received hospital ...
With 38 people dead in four days and 26 in intensive care after drinking bootleg liquor in Istanbul, the politically charged ...
Eleven people who drank tainted alcohol in Istanbul have died in the past 24 hours, the Anadolu state news agency reported ...
Alcohol tainted with methanol is thought to be the cause, with such alcohol poisonings being common in Turkey, as private production of counterfeit alcohol has exploded amid the country's struggling ...