Hamburg/Istanbul – They live in Germany and have big plans in Türkiye. Now Çiğdem and her children are dead, dying in an Istanbul hospital. Mustafa is the father of Çiğdem. Turkish News Agency “Anadolu Agency” can talk to him – and find out what the family plans for their future.
Mustafa was full of sadness. He couldn’t believe that what he loved had been taken from him. “They used to come every summer Türkiye“, he said about his daughter’s family, who live in Hamburg and came for the holidays.
He revealed: “This summer they renovated the attic of their family apartment in Bolvadin (about 450 kilometers from there Istanbul deleted, namely Ed.) renovated. They completely redesigned and renovated the apartment. They went without sleeping in it even a single night. They plan to move here. That was his dream.”
In contrast, Mustafa will never hear his grandchildren’s laughter again and will never hold his daughter again.
How did Çiğdem B. and his children die?
Çiğdem, her husband Servet, 38, and their children were all taken to hospital on Wednesday (11 November) due to nausea and vomiting. Suspicion: food poisoning! It was initially said that rotten shellfish were the cause. The family ate it at a street food stall. After the clinic visit, the four of them returned to the hotel. There his condition deteriorated drastically – only his father survived. He is in a coma and is being artificially ventilated.
On Sunday, the newspaper “Hürriyet” reported: Experts have found that a drug against bedbugs was used in one of the hotel rooms. Could it be that pesticides are poisoning the family, not the shellfish? This needs to be clarified in further research.
▶︎ Teams from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture started an investigation at the hotel, according to “Hürriyet”. Forensics also arrived. He took samples from blankets, pillowcases and bed sheets.
Seven people were arrested in connection with the deaths.
Here’s what the children’s autopsies revealed
Kadir and Masal’s autopsies have reportedly been completed. External examination of the body showed no abnormalities. However, internally, there is redness of the stomach and local bleeding on the stomach wall.
The children and their mother have been buried in Bolvadin.
