A Turkish court has sentenced four individuals to lengthy prison terms in connection with the deaths of a Turkish-German family of four who died while vacationing at a hotel in Istanbul last year. The family – parents Servet and Cigdem Böcek, and their children Kadir Muhammet, 6, and Masal, 3 – succumbed to poisoning from phosphine gas used for pest control. The hotel owner received a sentence exceeding 13 years, while the owner and son of the pest control company were each sentenced to 18 years in prison. An employee of the pest control company received a 12-year sentence; two other suspects were acquitted. The case mirrors a similar incident last summer where two Dutch brothers died from phosphine poisoning at a Turkish hotel, leading to multiple arrests and ongoing investigations. Authorities found traces of the toxic gas on items within the hotel rooms in both cases, initially misdiagnosed as food poisoning. The convicted individuals have the right to appeal the court’s decision.