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WWW.Turks with Selim Kumbaracı
Each print issue of T-VINE Magazine has a section called WWW.Turks, short for the ‘Weird and Wonderful World of Turks’, where we invite amateur and professional photographers of Turkish origin to submit a range of photos of the world around them. They range from the quirky to the stunning. Selim Kumbaracı is one of Cyprus’s […]
Burials: North Cyprus vs the UK
Few of us want to talk about death much less plan for it, and yet its inevitability means at some point in our lives we are all likely to have to deal with the funeral arrangements for a loved one. For Muslims, the Islamic code requires a whole burial. However, the rising cost of buying […]
We Remember: First 17 women elected to Turkish Parliament, 8 February 1935
A year after they were given the right to vote and stand for office, 17 Turkish women were elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on 8 February 1935. A by-election in 1936 saw their number increase to 18 and they constituted 4.6% of the Parliament: the second biggest proportion of female MPs […]
Turkey adopts European time and calendar, 26 December 1925
The founders of the Republic of Turkey took steps to make people’s lives easier and to modernise the country in line with Western standards. One of the measures was to adopt European time and calendar. There were a few different systems used to decide the time in the Ottoman Empire: under the Alaturka system, sunset […]
Britain’s finest Turkish Cypriots honoured at 2nd CTCA Awards
Last Saturday, 12 October, Britain’s Turkish Cypriots celebrated the leading lights of the community at a special gala dinner in Central London. Three hundred guests attended the event, at the Royal National Hotel in Bloomsbury, to learn about the community’s high achievers in a variety of fields including community work, philanthropy, the arts, activism, business, […]
Ask Dr Sivri – Have I got OCD?
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12th February 2020 Watch out Knightsbridge! There’s a Wolf in town…
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2nd February 2020 Tips on picking the right childcare for working parents
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25th December 2019 Tensions on New Year’s Eve
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18th November 2019 The final curtain closes as iconic actress Yıldız Kenter dies aged 91
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10th October 2019 Entrepreneurs should “look beyond price” for the best insurance
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24th September 2019 “Denim king” British Turkish Cypriot businessman Şükrü Ahmed dies
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26th March 2020 Ebru Ellis has a new single Running out. Here’s 5 things you need to know about her
Without a doubt, Ebru Ellis has talent. Yet the 31-year-old singer from South London is still waiting for her big break. Earlier this month, Ebru dropped her new single Running, an urban pop song that has been on repeat on my MP3 player ever since. It has a brilliant uplifting beat and shows off Ebru’s […]
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20th March 2020 Star drummer Tansay Omar on Funkshy’s new single DrumsRoot, the music business, and coping with the coronavirus crisis
Tansay Omar has music flowing through his blood. The South Londoner picked up his first drumsticks as a child, playing pots and pans. By thirteen he had his first drum kit. Three years later, he was a member of Turkish wedding band Dalgalar, performing with them most weekends until he was 21. It wasn’t long […]
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14th February 2020 The ‘bull-slaying’ Temple of Mithras – London Mithraeum
Many of us know the City of London as one of the most important financial centres in the world. Did you also know that the City is the oldest part of London? It was founded by Romans nearly 2,000 years ago. A recently-renovated and re-sited Roman attraction is the Temple of Mithras. Originally discovered 63 […]
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10th February 2020 Olcay Bayır takes her ‘Dream for Anatolia’ on mini tour of Britain
Olcay Bayır’s music is a natural marriage of her time-honoured Anatolian heritage and the vibrant, eclectic sounds of London, which she now calls home. Of Turkish-Kurdish origin, her contemporary sound blends elements of folk, jazz and urban music with evocative vocal deliveries through original eclectic compositions that draw from the rich musical heritage of Anatolia, […]
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13th December 2019 Christmas Gift Ideas
