### [2025-02-18](/feed/2025/02/18/index.md)

##### 2025 Istanbul alcohol poisonings
# Over 124 people have been killed over the last six weeks from consuming bootleg alcohol, with dozens still hospitalized. Twenty-eight people are arrested in connection with the production and distribution of the alcohol. 




### Sources:

1. [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bootleg-alcohol-kills-124-turkey-6-weeks/)
2. [Haarlems Dagblad](https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/buitenland/ruim-120-doden-door-illegale-alcohol-in-turkije/41616846.html)

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