A Kiwi journalist has reportedly died after falling from a building in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Turkish media have reported Yasmine Ryan fell from the fifth-storey of a buildingTRT World reported the journalist was staying at a friend's house when the tragedy happened. TRT World reported emergency services were called but declared her dead at the scene. Asfaaq Carim wrote on TRT World his "dear friend" left behind "a rich legacy of stories that have left a deep impact on people and journalists". She was a 2016 World Press Institute Fellow and was more recently a senior features editor at TRT World in Istanbul.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 30, 2017 22:18 UTC