The key facts

  • The Manavgat municipality launched an investigation and contacted all healthcare facilities; the full picture is expected by the morning of October 26
  • The Telegram channel reported tourist complaints and the hospitalization of a child from one of the families
  • Since August, insurance companies have received 23 claims from guests of the Bosphorus Sorgun hotel with symptoms of intestinal infection

Investigation launched

Representatives of the municipality of Manavgat, Turkey, told RIA Novosti that they had launched an investigation after receiving reports of mass poisoning among Russians in the resort region of Side. The administration contacted all healthcare facilities on this matter; according to officials, the full picture should become clear by Monday morning, October 26.

What tourists reported

On October 25, the Telegram channel reported that Russian tourists had complained of mass poisoning in Side. In one family, a child fell ill and had to be hospitalized. According to the channel, at the hospital Russians were told that there had been thousands of similar cases from a single district, anddoctors suggested the problem lay in the sewage system

. This information is cited from the Telegram channel and has not yet been officially confirmed.

Poisoning at the Bosphorus Sorgun hotel Since August, dozens of Russian tourists have suffered from acute intestinal infection at the five-star family hotel Bosphorus Sorgun in the resort of Side. Insurance companies received 23 claims from guests

of this hotel, all on the same grounds — an illness with symptoms resembling severe food poisoning. All those who fell ill complained of vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and accompanying weakness.

Context and significance It was previously reported thatRussian tourists were also poisoned at a four-star hotel in Egypt. For Russian vacationers planning trips to Turkish resorts, the situation means that the question of the causes of the poisonings in Side remains open until the inspection is completed: the Manavgat authorities promise to clarify the picture by the morning of October 26, while the affected, according to available data, are filing insurance claims. It is not yet known whether the sewage version and the reports of thousands of cases will be confirmed — there are still no official results of the investigation.