Alasdair Ross, 59, from London, was on holiday with 14 other Britons near the Palandoken mountain ski resort in the eastern Turkish province of Erzururm.

Mr Ross, who was originally from Scotland, had gone for a walk with a small group when the avalanche hit.

Rescuers managed to save four other Canadian and British tourists.

Local reports said Mr Ross had died of a broken neck following the avalanche.

The BBC's correspondent in Turkey, Jonny Dymond, said that, according to one member of the rescue team which found the group, no one should have been out on the mountains.

All the facilities at the Palandoken ski resort had to be closed as a result of the bad weather.

Geoff Collier, spokesman for the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey said officials have contacted other members of Mr Ross's ski party.

"What happens now is very much up to the family. They will decide how they wish to take things forward," he said.