Police are trying to trace three schoolgirls feared to have run away from east London with plans to travel Syria.
The girls were last seen on Tuesday morning as they left their homes telling their families they would be out for the day.
Instead they met and travelled to Gatwick airport and boarded a Turkish Airlines flight which landed at Istanbul that evening.
Their families reported them missing when they did not return home.
The three are close friends and described as "straight-A students" at Bethnal Green Academy in east London.
Police revealed their names as Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and a third female aged 15 who is not being named at the request of her family.
Metropolitan Police Commander Richard Walton said the runaways are good friends with another 15-year-old girl who fled to Syria in December.
He said: "We are extremely concerned for the safety of these young girls and would urge anyone with information to come forward and speak to police.
"Our priority is the safe return of these girls to their families."
Mr Walton added the teenagers' families were "devastated" but there was a "good chance" the girls were still in Turkey.
Police are using Turkish media and social media to try and get messages to the girls.
The number of Westerners who have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join IS is thought to be about 3,000, including as many as 550 women, according to the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
Mr Walton added "We are concerned about the numbers of girls and young women who have or are intending to travel to the part of Syria that is controlled by the terrorist group calling themselves Islamic State.
"It is an extremely dangerous place and we have seen reports of what life is like for them and how restricted their lives become.
"It is not uncommon for girls or women to be prevented from being allowed out of their houses or if allowed out, only when accompanied by a guardian.
"The choice of returning home from Syria is often taken away from those under the control of Islamic State, leaving their families in the UK devastated and with very few options to secure their safe return."
A family friend of one of the missing girls, named Sadek, told Sky News: "It's really sad what has happened.
"The government should try its best to help in any way to find out what happened and try to help the family as well.
"Maybe they need to educate people more, tell them about the risks of going to Syria, that it's not safe out there.
"They've told us a bit about how it's bad going there and whatnot. People do talk about Syria - but not so much in school."
:: Shamima Begum, 15
Shamima is around 5ft 7in tall and was wearing black, thick-rimmed glasses, a black hijab, a light brown and black leopard-print scarf, a dark red jumper, black trousers and jacket.
She was carrying a dark blue cylindrical holdall with white straps. She is a British national of Bangladeshi heritage and speaks English with a London accent. She also speaks Bengali.
:: Kadiza Sultana, 16
Kadiza is 5ft 6in tall, of slim build and was wearing black-rimmed glasses, a long black jacket with a hood, grey striped scarf, grey jumper, dark red trousers and was carrying a black holdall.
She is a British national of Bangladeshi heritage and speaks English with a London accent. She also speaks Bengali.
:: Third Missing Girl, 15
The third girl, who is not being named, is 5ft 6in tall, of slim build, was wearing black, thick-rimmed glasses, a black head scarf, a long dark green jacket with a fur-lined hood, a light yellow long-sleeved top, black trousers and white trainers.
She was carrying a black Nike holdall. She speaks English and Amharic.
Police have been working with their families and overseas authorities since they went missing in an attempt to locate them.
Officers have released CCTV pictures of the girls and have urged anyone who has seen them to contact police.
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