Current Bird Flu Outbreak In Turkey Started In Mid-November, Not Mid-December Article Date: 14 Jan 2006 - 4am (UK) According to the World Health Organisation, the current outbreak of avian flu in Turkey started at least three weeks before it was officially reported. So far there have been 18 confirmed human cases, of which 3 have died (all siblings). Turkish officials had said the outbreak started in the middle of December. However, according to Huseyin Sungur, a veterinary surgeon who works for the Turkish government, the outbreak was affecting birds at least three weeks before. Had this delay not happened...