Mentor Rama, 36, jetted off to Istanbul, Turkey for cosmetic procedures - including a hair transplant - but started to feel unwell shortly afterward and was tragically pronounced dead on November 11

The family of a British man who died after undergoing dental work and a hair transplant in Turkey have praised him as "the smile that warmed" them.

Mentor Rama, 36, jetted off to Istanbul for the hair and teeth procedure last week but started to feel unwell when he arrived back at his hotel room. Emergency services were alerted shortly afterward and Rama was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died on November 11.

His body was later moved to the Council of Forensic Medicine in Istanbul. Police have since launched an investigation into the death.

A spokesperson for the FCDO spokesperson

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