Since the beginning of 2025, more than 160 people have died from poisoning after drinking bootleg alcohol in Turkey. Even the ...

All the deaths so far took place in Ankara, the nation’s capital, and Istanbul, Turkish media NTV ... businesses to turn to bootleg alcohol and homemade drinks, which has opened the door to ...

Alcoholic drink makers have also faced an increasingly onerous tax burden and other restrictions, the outlet reported. Moreover, the Turkish government has again hiked taxes on alcohol and tobacco ...

for more than a week without access to food or drink. According to diabetic Berber's statements from his hospital bed in the Turkish city of Mersin, he had one bottle of water, and when it ran ...

Like others in Turkey, Eroglu criticizes the Turkish government tax policy that has led to such huge price increases for drinks. Since 2013, value-added taxes and consumer taxes on alcohol have ...