Brit tourist found dead in hotel garden in holiday hotspot as cops launch investigation
A BRIT holidaymaker has been found dead in a hotel garden in Turkey, prompting cops to launch a probe.
The 41-year-old tourist was found in his apart hotel in the Marmaris district of Muğla, before medical teams rushed to the scene and pronounced him dead.
The hotel he was apartment he was staying at was in the Armutalan neighbourhood.
His lifeless body was located on Friday morning.
Marmaris Chief Public Prosecutor's Office have now launched an investigation into the incident.
They will investigate the man's exact cause of death after a Muğla Forensic Medicine Institute report.
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