Bootleg alcohol kills at least 124 people in Turkey in just 6 weeks, the state news agency reports
At least 124 people died in Ankara and Istanbul in the last six weeks after Drinking bootleg alcoholL, and dozens are more in intensive care, State News Agency Anadol said on Monday.
About 54 people died in the Ankara capital, where another 40 struggled for their lives in the hospital, it is said.
Earlier this month, Anadolu said that 70 others had died in Istanbul.
Such are poisoning relatively Usually in TurkeyWhere secret production is widespread and alcohol is often extinguished by methanol, toxic substance that can cause blindness, liver damage and death.
Metanol is often used in illegally produced products instead of ethanol because it is cheaper, according to a study she watched illegally produced alcohol in southern TurkeyAnd it can cause blindness, liver damage and death.
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The General Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara arrested 28 suspects regarding the production and sale of forged alcohol, all of which were later given a conditional release except three, Anadolu said.
February 7th, Governor Ankara gave a tribute of 33 dead and 20 others in intensive care, with a spokesman for his office who said he was “since the beginning of the year.”
Last month, 38 people died at a distance of four days in Istanbul after drinking forged alcohol in a rush of cases that left another 26 people in intensive care by January 17th.
There were no official updates for three more weeks until February 7, when Anadolu said the number of the dead jumped to 70 and 21 more treated in the hospital, eight of which were in intensive care.
There have been no further updates on their fate since then.
Although Turkish is nominally a secular land, Alcohol tax has grown Sharply under the President of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Muslim who opposes the drink loudly.
A liter of brandy bottle, a turkey with anise with anise, purchased at a supermarket, currently costs about 1,300 lira ($ 37.20) in a country where the minimum wage has only recently reached $ 600 a month.
Critics say that so high prices stimulate the production of moonlight.
“Counterfeited products are often cheaper than real brands, making it more attractive to consumers who want to save money or even tourist companies trying to reduce costs,” he states USDA report from 2015 on the legislation and alcohol taxes in Turkey.
