Four Georgian citizens die in Turkey

Four Georgian citizens have died from alcohol poisoning and three others are being treated in hospital after drinking homemade alcohol in Turkey.

The men were working at a construction site in Gebze, near Istanbul.

According to the latest information, four men were intoxicated and died after being poisoned from an alcoholic drink they made themselves.

Three other Georgian citizens are in a serious condition in hospital and are being treated with urgent medical care as a result of alcohol poisoning.

The Georgian citizens, who were construction workers in Gebze, emigrated from Samegrelo, West Georgia, to Turkey.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the bodies of the four men will be transported back to Georgia on Monday.