Jacky Sutton, 50, was found at Istanbul Atatürk Airport after missing a flight to Iraq - where she is understood to have worked for several years

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Tragic: Jacky Sutton was found dead at Istanbul Atatürk Airport
This is the first picture of a British woman found dead in a toilet at Istanbul Airport after missing a connecting flight.
Jacky Sutton, 50, was found hanged at Istanbul Atatürk Airport in the early hours of this morning.

She is understood to have flown to Istanbul from London but missed a connecting flight to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Local media reports state she told airport staff she did not have enough money to buy a new ticket. Her body was found a short time later.

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A Turkish Airlines plane prepares to take off at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul
The Foreign Office confirmed it is providing consular assistance to her family.
Ms Sutton, a former BBC journalist, had worked in Iraq for several years and was the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).
She was also studying for a PhD at the The Australian National University in Canberra.
Tributes have poured in for Miss Sutton who was originally from Hertfordshire.
Majed Jarrar tweeted: "Another tragic ending of a great friend Jacky Sutton. We all belong to God, and to God we return."

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