ISTANBUL: Two Dutch teenagers were found dead in their Istanbul hotel room and their father hospitalized, Turkish media reported on Saturday.

Initial suspicion fell on a restaurant meal they had eaten.

The boys, aged 15 and 17, were deceased when police and paramedics arrived at the hotel where they were staying, located in the Fatih district near Istanbul’s Blue Mosque and Grand Bazaar, according to NTV television.

Upon arrival, ambulance paramedics noted that both children were deceased.

The father, a 57-year-old man, was taken to the hospital in a state of shock.

The family had been vacationing in Turkey and was believed to have gone to the touristy Taksim district for dinner.

According to media reports, the father stated that he accompanied his sons to Taksim but did not eat.

Later that evening, after returning to the hotel, the father called out to the boys who did not respond.

A hotel employee named Mehmet Kirdag heard the father's cries for help and upon knocking at the door and entering, found the two sons dead, one in bed and the other on the floor.

Paramedics confirmed the boys' deaths upon arrival, while the father remained in a state of shock.

The Istanbul police have initiated an investigation into this incident.