Turkish authorities say 11 people have died after drinking bootleg liquor since March. They included three German students.
A statement on Saturday from the Ministry of Agriculture, in charge of controlling alcohol sales, says authorities have been inspecting distributors since the first death on March 21 from ingesting liquor containing methyl alcohol.
The German students, aged between 17 and 21, consumed the poisonous liquor in the Mediterranean resort town of Kemer while on a class trip to Turkey. One of them died in Turkey while two others suffered irreversible brain damage and died later while being treated in Germany.
It is the second such tragedy in four years in Turkey. In 2005, three Turks were sentenced to eight years in prison for distributing bootleg liquor after more than 20 people died.