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Your essential guide to Ramazan and why it’s important to Muslims
Today millions of Muslims around the world have started to fast during daylight hours. This period of abstinence will last for one month. Known as Ramazan in Turkish, or Ramadan, this month is regarded as the holiest in the Muslim calendar as it is believed this was when the Ku’ran was first revealed to the […]
No way out? 15 years after Greek Cypriot voters dashed Cyprus unification hopes, why TRNC recognition is becoming the ‘default’ position
On 24 April, 2004, Turkish Cypriots voted in favour of uniting the island of Cyprus in historic referendums on what was dubbed the ‘Annan Plan’. But the United Nations blueprint for a federal solution remained just that after Greek Cypriots overwhelmingly rejected it – and were rewarded with European Union membership days later. In the […]
Why is there such a lack of diversity in Turkish fashion media?
This weekend, from 20 to 21 April 2019, the second edition of Istanbul Modest Fashion Week will take place in its glorious home city. Launching to much anticipation from the media, influencers and the public alike, Istanbul Modest Fashion Week (IMFW) is going to be bigger than ever, with a host of top designers set […]
Turkish TV series Diriliş Ertuğrul takes Britain by storm
Turkish soap operas have been appealing to global audiences for some time, but seldom have any generated the levels of fandom that Diriliş Ertuğrul (Resurrection Ertuğrul) has. Even more significantly, it is the first to have seriously penetrated the UK. From talks up and down the country, to arranged travel tours to the set, there […]
British Turkish Cypriot in new property fight bout after holiday home dream turns to £175k nightmare
A British Turkish Cypriot is preparing for the next round of a 17-year long property saga that has cost him around £100,000 – with a further £75,000 needed if he wants to see his “dream holiday home” completed. The latest phase of a legal battle launched by Bulent Osman is scheduled to kick off on […]
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16th March 2019 Turkish tycoons in global rich list
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4th December 2018 Turks in London – the new book by Semra Eren-Nijhar
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12th August 2018 Hus Vedat on the recipe to success
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24th May 2019 Catch the interview with Enfield Council Leader Nesil Çalışkan on BRT tonight
Tonight, television presenter Ertanch Hidayettin is interviewing Nesil Çalışkan, the Leader of Enfield Council on the Londra Gündem programme. The interview, in English, will be broadcast at 21.30 UK time on BRT1 and BRT1 HD. It can also be watched live online via the BRTK website. The programme will also be made available to watch on […]
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22nd May 2019 All welcome to annual iftar dinner at Shacklewell Lane Mosque on 24 May
The UK Turkish Islamic Trust and Metropolitan Police Service invite you to break fast, or ‘iftar’ as Muslims would say, at the UK’s first Turkish-owned mosque in Dalston this Friday, 24 May. Shacklewell Lane Mosque will be opening its doors to its regular worshippers and other Muslims in the capital, and to those curious to […]
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15th May 2019 Balkan fusion vibes from Don Kipper at the Jazz Café
The British capital is a hotbed of musical fusions, as epitomised by Don Kipper. The multi award-winning ensemble play a wide range of musical forms reflecting the cultural diversity of their North East London home, from Romani, Turkish and Greek Folk, to Klezmer, electronica and jazz beats. While born of traditions that surround them and […]
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13th May 2019 A talk on ‘Martial Law in the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey’
Turkey is no stranger to martial law. Its roots are steeped in the late Ottoman Empire, when İdare-i örfiyye first appeared as a neologism in the 1876 Ottoman constitution. While the term referred to the sultan’s authority in the Ottoman-Islamic legal tradition, its definition was inspired from the French “état de siège” in the 19th century. […]
