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British woman dies at Istanbul Airport, Foreign Office confirms | British woman dies at Istanbul Airport, Foreign Office confirms |
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A British woman has died in Istanbul, the Foreign Office has confirmed. | A British woman has died in Istanbul, the Foreign Office has confirmed. |
She has been named in reports in Turkey as 50-year-old Jacqueline Anne Sutton and is understood to have died at the city's main airport. | |
The BBC understands she was the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and had been travelling to Irbil, northern Iraq. | |
The Foreign Office said they were "providing consular assistance to the family at this time". | The Foreign Office said they were "providing consular assistance to the family at this time". |
Ms Sutton is reported to have arrived at Istanbul Ataturk Airport from London on Saturday night, local time. | |
The London-based IWPR supports local journalism in countries affected by conflict and crisis. | |
Its previous Iraq director Ammar Al Shahbander was killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad on 2 May and a memorial service was held for him in London last week, according to the IWPR website. |