Down memory lane: reviewing the life of music star Harun Kolçak
London Turkish Film Festival turns to crowd-funding to survive
Features
Africa and Turkey: a promising partnership?
A fortnight ago, Turkey remembered the first anniversary of the brutal 15 July failed coup attempt that left over 250 dead and more than 2,000 injured. Waving flags, Turkish citizens turned out in overwhelming numbers and were addressed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a rally on Istanbul’s Martyrs Bridge (formerly the First Bosphorus […]
Infiltrating a Greek neo-Nazi rally in Cyprus
“What is this protest about?” I asked a group of young men sitting on the sidelines of a mass rally on the southern side of Nicosia’s Ledra Palace crossing. They took one look at me, all of them with the same unwelcoming frowns, before raising their hands to indicate that they would not speak […]
Love Island: Kem’s mum Figen Cetinay on her “sensitive boy”
Reality TV shows are like marmite: you either love them or hate them. Those featuring semi-naked participants that jump into bed at every available opportunity generate even stronger opinions, with opponents claiming such programmes objectify contestants, while others label them as “sneak porn” due to their overtly sexual nature. So when Figen Cetinay found out […]
Europe: can Turkey be a template for post-Brexit Britain?
After a shocking loss of their parliamentary majority for the Conservative Party, the prospect of the United Kingdom pursuing a Hard Brexit from the European Union where Britain would pull out of the Single Market appears fleeting. The ever more likely impending Soft Brexit may lighten the load for future British negotiators trying to […]
Religion, education and the law – your rights as Muslim parents and students
T-VINE recently published an article about a landmark ruling in the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Osmanoglu and Kocabas v Switzerland (Application No 29086/12). This case concerns Muslim parents of Turkish heritage living in Switzerland who did not grant their daughters permission to attend mixed sex swimming lessons. These lessons […]
Reviews
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22nd August 2017 Review: Fahrelnissa Zeid – the princess of abstract art
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5th April 2017 Review: “an outstanding display” by cast of Bliss
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11th March 2017 Music review: Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes
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3rd July 2017 Whose heritage is it?
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27th June 2017 Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival – an awakening?
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26th April 2017 Turkey’s referendum result: reading between the lines
“Missing persons” – the tragedy of Cyprus
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30th November 2016 Letters, ‘Time to think about taking North Cyprus into the European fold’
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10th November 2016 A triumph for Trump – but the world holds its breath
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22nd September 2016 I need a holiday… after my holiday
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7th September 2016 Ask Yonca abla: Cheat or tell the truth?
What’s On
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18th August 2017 Touker Suleyman is back on air with Dragons’ Den this Sunday
Turkish Cypriot fashion mogul Touker Suleyman (pictured far left above) returns for his third series of Dragons’ Den – the BBC’s popular business show where budding entrepreneurs pitch their ideas and a stake in their business for cash investments. He is joined by long-standing Dragons and fellow business gurus Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden. […]
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12th August 2017 Tarkan announces new concert series at Harbiye Open-Air Theatre, Istanbul
Turkey’s iconic pop star is set to perform five more dates at Harbiye’s Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre in the heart of Istanbul, next month. After a run of seven sell-out concerts at the same arena earlier this summer, Tarkan’s returns to play at the famous venue on Sept. 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12. The chart-topping […]
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10th August 2017 Fahrelnissa Zeid: Istanbul’s famed abstract artist gets solo retrospective at Tate Modern
London’s leading contemporary art gallery is currently hosting the works of Turkish female artist Fahrelnissa Zeid. Frances Morris, director of Tate Modern, says this major exhibition is an opportunity to re-appraise the “huge, ornate, decorative, multifaceted, brilliantly coloured, swirling abstract paintings” of this pioneering artist. Born into an elite Ottoman family in 1901, Zeid was […]
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8th August 2017 Reading between the lines: author Orhan Pamuk to tour the UK
Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk will be giving a series of talks in Britain starting on 15 September at the Royal Festival Hall, with several other dates across the UK. The tour is inspired by his latest book The Red-Haired Woman and his home city of Istanbul. Pamuk made his writing debut with Darkness and […]
Stuff
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18th December 2016 Great gift ideas: for kids
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18th December 2016 Great gift ideas: for her
