A 47-year-old assistant professor, Joanna Cross, of France, on Monday fell to her death from the window of her sixth floor apartment in Niğde province, the Cumhuriyet daily reported.
According to the report, it is still not known whether her fall was an accident or a suicide. Her neighbors, who saw Cross fall, called an ambulance. She was taken to Ömer Halisdemir Teaching and Research Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Cross, who was living alone, started working at the Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University agricultural sciences faculty one month ago.