Second Collective Suicide in Turkey in a Week Highlights Crisis
- Eight people died in two separate suicide incidents in a week
- Inflation and unemployment has soared as economy set to shrink
An elderly woman sells packets of tissues on the roadside in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A family of four was found dead in southern Turkey in what appears to be the second collective suicide in a week amid growing economic hardship.
Police officers discovered the bodies of a man, his wife and two children in their home in Antalya, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday. The father left a note, saying he had been jobless for the past nine months and couldn’t go on, NTV reported on its website. The deaths may have been due to cyanide poisoning, the Cumhuriyet newspaper said.