13 December 2015•Update: 13 December 2015
IZMIR, Turkey
One more person has died of alcohol poisoning in western Izmir province, bringing the death toll to 11 since Nov. 23.
Mehmet Fatih Hindioglu, 58, died at the intensive care of Katip Celebi University's Ataturk Training and Research Hospital Sunday.
The alcohol poisoning case was first reported in Turkey's Aegean coast on Nov. 23. Among the casualties were Haluk Uluturk, 50, Alempenah Candar, 63, Omer Akgun Yungevis, 59, Ozkan Yaman, 49, Koksal Cetin, Birol Bacakli, 45, Secgin Dengiz, 49, Cesur Artun, 53, Gurkan Tapinc, 54, and Hasan Kutlu, 55.
Turkish police have detained at least 19 people involved in the case and arrested six others for selling illicit alcohol.
Since Oct. 18, almost 100 people have been hospitalized for suspected alcohol poisoning in Istanbul.
Health authorities in the province said that 26 people had died from illegally-brewed alcohol.
