A prominent Perth-born businessman has plunged to his death from a fifth-floor hotel balcony in Turkey.
Tourists and residents in Altinkum were left shocked when 61-year-old Neil McIntyre fell from the Gl Aparthotel, striking a canopy above the hotel entrance.
Paramedics rushed to the scene of the late-night incident, but Mr McIntyre died from his injuries.
A former pupil of Perth High School, Mr McIntyre was a member of the well-known Perth family who ran McIntyre the bakers in Bridgend.
A baker himself, Mr McIntyre had been living and working in Altinkum, where he ran The Chippy with his wife Drita.
How Mr McIntyre came to fall is unknown, though it is understood there are no suspicious circumstances.
He is believed to have been working in his business shortly before his death on Monday July 2.
The Foreign Office confirmed they had been in touch with the British Consulate over the death.
McIntyre Bakers amalgamated with another firm some years ago but eventually ceased trading. Neil McIntyre had been living abroad for at least five years and one person who knew him from his Perth days spoke of his shock at his untimely death.
”A lot of people will be saddened by his death. He was well-known locally,” he said.
Perthshire Chamber of Commerce chief executive Vicki Unite said: ”This is a tragic event and our thoughts are with his family and friends in such sad circumstances. Mr McIntyre was a popular member of the Perthshire business community for many years and he will be sorely missed.”
Business owners in the resort also expressed their grief at the death of a popular member of their community.
Shona Tekindag, owner of Charlie’s Bar, which stands opposite the Gl, said: ”I am still in utter shock as Neil was such a lovely, pleasant and nice man who always had a smile on his face.
”Neil and his wife were in the bar at Christmas and they seemed happy together. Everyone around here who has a business are just in deep shock at the manner of his death.”
The Chippy had quickly become a fixture for British expats and tourists, serving traditional British food. The couple worked long hours with the business open from 3pm to 3am during the summer season, seven days a week.
Mr McIntyre and his wife met at Club Natura, on Bafa Lake, five years ago, where Drita, who is of Macedonian, Bosnian and Turkish heritage, was a restaurant owner and Neil was working for an estate agency. After they married, the couple moved to Istanbul, before the desire to open a fish and chip shop took them to Altinkum.
Mr McIntyre had recently spoken to the local English language newspaper of his pride in the business.
”It is the nearest we could get to being a traditional chippy back home, and from the diners’ reactions I think they really appreciate it,” Mr McIntyre told them.
Altinkum is a beach resort on the Aegean, popular with British tourists.