AKIPRESS.COM - A British woman has died at an Istanbul airport, her employer has confirmed, BBC reports.

Ex-BBC journalist Jacky Sutton, 50, is understood to have been found dead in a toilet at the city's Ataturk airport. The circumstances are unclear.

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 it was "providing consular assistance" to her family.

BBC correspondent Ben Ando said Ms Sutton arrived at Ataturk Airport on a flight from London on Saturday and had a two-hour wait for a connecting flight, which she apparently missed.

"Local media are reporting that she didn't have enough money to purchase a replacement ticket and then she was found dead in the toilets a couple of hours later," he added.

"What exactly happened though is not known."