3 minutes agoTurkey, 23 people lose their lives by illegally produced alcohol
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Turkish authorities have announced that 23 people have died from alcohol poisoning produced illegally in the last 48 hours. As it grew, another 43 persons were admitted to the hospital, of which 32 are in the intensive care unit, the American television network CBS News reported. Officials said from the beginning [...]
Officials said that since the beginning of the year, 34 people have died as a result of alcohol illegally produced methol.
According to the recent study published in Turkey, methanol is often added to alcohol produced illegally instead of ethanol, because it is cheaper and can cause blindness, liver damage and death.
The number of illegally produced alcohol poisoning cases is not a rare phenomenon in Turkey, where private alcohol production has increased due to tax hikes by authorities for alcoholic beverages, the CBS News recalls.
According to government officials, in 2024, 110 people in Istanbul were poisoned by alcohol, of which 48 died.
