15.11.2025 22:19
The statement given by the mother of the Böcek family, who lost three members to suspected food poisoning after arriving from Germany, has emerged. In her statement, Çiğdem Böcek described the meals they had eaten over the course of three days at different places, mentioning that on the last night they had mussels, kokoreç, chicken tantuni, and lokum, and that they woke up in the morning with nausea.
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In the investigation regarding the 'food poisoning' claim that resulted in the death of a mother and her 2 children in Fatih, the statement given by the mother, Çiğdem Böcek, before her death has emerged. In her statement, Böcek said that they woke up with nausea around midnight, three days after arriving in Istanbul, and when they went to the hospital, no treatment other than probiotics was applied to their children.
MOTHER'S STATEMENT REVEALED IN THE TRAGEDY IN FATIH
The investigation into the 'food poisoning' incident, which resulted in the death of 2 children and their mother from the same family on November 13, 2025, continues, while the father was intubated. As part of the investigation, the statement given by the mother, Çiğdem Böcek, before her death has emerged.
SHE DESCRIBED THE FOODS THEY ATE ONE BY ONE
Mother Çiğdem Böcek stated that they arrived in Istanbul for tourism purposes with her husband and children on November 9, 2025, started staying at the Harbour Suit Hotel, had kebabs with her husband at a restaurant near the hotel in the evening, while the children ate pasta, and on the morning of November 10, they had soup near the hotel with her husband, while the children had pastries. She also mentioned that in the evening, she and her husband had minced meat pide near the hotel, while the children had sausage and cheese pizza.
THEY LAST ATE KOKOREÇ, TANTUNİ, AND LOCUM
Continuing her statement, Böcek said that on November 11, 2025, her husband brought pastries and simit from outside in the morning, and they had breakfast at the hotel. Around 4:00 PM, they ate mussels from a street vendor next to Ortaköy Mosque, where they encountered a man in his 40s-50s with a dirty beard, gray hair, and a hat. Later, they had soup at a restaurant named Golden Kokoreç Midye on Dereboyu Street, followed by the children eating sausage-bread, her husband eating kokoreç, her son Kadir Muhammet taking only one bite of the kokoreç, and she herself eating chicken tantuni. They then bought locum from a shop named Hürrem Sultan Bazaar in Fatih and ate it together.
THEY WOKE UP WITH NAUSEA IN THE MORNING
On November 12, 2025, Böcek stated that they woke up with nausea around 1:00 AM, went to Bezmialem Hospital around 9:00 AM, received serum treatment for herself and her husband, were prescribed stomach protectors and painkillers, and since the children were not treated at Bezmialem Hospital, they went to Çapa Hospital, where probiotics were prescribed for the children and no other treatment was applied. They then returned to the hotel and did not eat anything that day due to stomach discomfort. Böcek continued her statement by saying that on November 13, around 1:00 AM, they called an ambulance to the hotel because they were feeling unwell again and were taken to the hospital.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Servet and Çiğdem Böcek, who were staying at a hotel in Fatih with their children Kadir Muhammet (6) and Masal (3), were hospitalized on November 12 due to complaints of nausea and vomiting, and despite all interventions, the children lost their lives. The mother and father were also treated in the intensive care unit.
In the police investigation, it was determined that the family arrived in Istanbul from Germany on November 9 and stayed at a hotel in Fatih, and on November 11, they ate mussels from a street vendor in Ortaköy and at a restaurant.
Due to the continuation of the complaints of vomiting and nausea that started on the same day, it was claimed that the family members went to nearby hospitals on November 12, were discharged after treatment, and returned to the hotel.
After mother Çiğdem Böcek saw her daughter lying motionless in the hotel, all family members were taken to the hospital by the health teams called to the scene, and an investigation was initiated by the Provincial Health Directorate.
Çiğdem Böcek, who was being treated at Taksim Training and Research Hospital, passed away early yesterday morning, and there were arrests related to the incident.
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