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We remember: the extraordinary life and work of Türkan Saylan
One of Turkey’s most exceptional women passed away ten years ago today, 18 May 2009. Türkan Saylan was a doctor, educator and civil society activist, made famous first for her fight to eradicate leprosy and later for establishing Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği, ÇYDD (Association for the Support of Contemporary Living) to provide education for girls […]
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 […]
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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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12th June 2019 Savour the taste of Anatolia at Laburnum Street Food Fair
If you love Turkish food and are in London, get yourselves to Hackney this week, so you can sample all your favourite flavours in one place. On Thursday, 13 June, a five-day food festival opens by Suleymaniye Mosque in Haggerston, East London. Semi-covered street stalls will be selling a wide range of Turkish food, including […]
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27th May 2019 Leyla Kazim part of the panel for new Channel 4 cookery gameshow Beat The Chef
Food and travel blogger Leyla Kazim is set for a stint on British TV, as she judges the food of amateur cooks when they take on professional chefs in a bid to win cash prizes that range from a few hundred pounds to a jackpot of £10,000. Beat the Chef starts tonight, Monday 27 May, […]
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13th April 2019 Dreams Die Hard – a play about a Turkish Cypriot lover, a red-headed soldier and a monkey
“When Olive, my grandmother died in 1998, I came across a diary she had written between 1945-46. What she wrote inside exploded everything we thought we knew about how my father came into the world. “Her words conjured into life the daily struggle of a single woman seizing every moment as the bombs rained down […]
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27th December 2018 Enfield’s Donkey Lane to host 3rd Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival in June 2019
The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations in Britain (CTCA UK) have announced details of the third edition of the Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival. The event returns to the spacious Donkey Lane playing fields in North London, which will take place on Sunday 30 June 2019. The family-orientated annual event reached its 15,000 capacity in 2018, […]
