Brothers from the Netherlands found dead in Istanbul hotel

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• Two teenagers from the Netherlands have died after having dinner in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul.
• The boys, aged 15 and 17, were found dead in their hotel room in the Fatih district, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported on Saturday.

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The youngsters' father, who was in shock, was taken to hospital. The three had been on vacation in Turkey. The cause of death is unclear and a possible poisoning is being investigated.

NTV quoted a hotel employee as saying that the father had called for help. "He called for his children," Mehmet Kirdag told the television station. "I knocked on the door and when I entered, both sons were dead, one in bed, the other on the floor." The emergency services were only able to determine the death of the two teenagers.

According to media reports, the teenagers and their father, who were on vacation in Turkey, had been out for dinner the previous evening in the popular tourist district of Taksim. However, the 57-year-old father is said not to have eaten anything, unlike his sons.