Update: The death toll is now at least 50. Now 55.
Excessive taxation and regulation led to bootlegging and some leads to fatal results:(
Death toll from bootleg alcohol rises to 49
Turkey has stepped up crackdown on bootleg alcohol as the death toll from poisoning since Oct. 9 rose to 49 on Oct.
At least 15 people have died and more than 60 have been hospitalized over the last two days in the western province of İzmir and the Central Anatolian province of Kırıkkale after consuming counterfeit alcohol.
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