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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, […]
No deal Brexit threatens access across the Green Line for Britons in Cyprus
BRITISH citizens with homes in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) who travel via airports in the South could “face difficulties” if they do not register their presence with the Greek Cypriot authorities because of Brexit, the British government has warned. The Greek Cypriot-controlled Republic of Cyprus does not recognise the TRNC, established in […]
Kicked into touch: football anniversary highlights Turkish Cypriots’ ongoing isolation
The Greek Cypriot-run Cyprus Football Association (CFA) will be celebrating its 85th anniversary on Monday – but for Turkish Cypriot teams the date serves only as a bitter reminder of the embargoes that have left them isolated from the international scene and the failure of FIFA to help. The CFA was established following the introduction […]
Inside Istanbul’s incredible new airport
On 5 April, the world witnessed the single biggest move in aviation history. Dozens of aircraft, each weighing 44 tons, and 10,000 pieces of equipment weighing approximately 47,300 tons were transported on five thousand trucking rigs from Atatürk Airport to Istanbul Airport. Less than 48 hours later, Istanbul Airport was formally open for business, while […]
Former head of Turkish Cypriot Women’s Aid Committee Suzan Hamit dies
Muazzez Suzan Hamit, one of the British Turkish Cypriot community’s key activists during the 1960s and early 1970s, has died in London aged 76. She had been battling with serious ill-health for a number of years and was rushed to Whipps Cross University Hospital late on Friday night, after being taken ill at home. Despite […]
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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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17th September 2019 Life-saving stem cell match urgently needed for Talia Tosun
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15th September 2019 My World: Olcay Bayır
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30th August 2019 Nova’s Kitchen – “a slice of Cyprus in Folkestone”
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8th August 2019 The meteoric rise of fashion designer Dilara Fındıkoğlu
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8th August 2019 Ask Yonca abla: My husband is too controlling
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9th November 2019 Bağlama virtuoso Coşkun Karademir and tanbur master Özer Özel to perform in London and Ireland
Anatolia is the home of some of the world’s oldest civilisations and a land of heartfelt musical expression. Its current inhabitants draw on the languages, drawings, and culture of multiple tribes that have settled there. Two virtuosos, tanbur master Özer Özel and bağlama master Coşkun Karademir, come together to present their interpretation of Anatolia’s rich […]
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28th October 2019 See new Turkish comedy play ‘Oksimoron Erkek Aklı’ / Oxymoron ‘Male Mind’ at the Arcola
Two different sexes, two different perspectives. Male and female – a natural oxymoron. In the universal order in which everything exists only by its opposite number, these two genetic miracles, who owe their entire existence to the other, need only one thing for their peaceful continuity: balance. But how easy is it to find that […]
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15th August 2019 Looking through the lens of the ‘Eye of Istanbul’
The passing last year of Ara Güler, one of the greatest photojournalists of our time, at the age of 90 was mourned worldwide. His talent for documenting the people and places around him earned Güler many accolades. Today, his incredible archive bears testament to a bygone era and the huge transformation Turkey has undergone, immortalising […]
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2nd July 2019 Hear the awesome sounds of legendary percussionist Okay Temiz at the Jazz Café
UPDATED, Aug 2019: concert postponed to February 2020 Okay Temiz is a musical icon who has been at the forefront of multi-cultural music, blending European instruments with their Turkish counterparts to create a unique joyful synthesis of the two. This summer, he brings his awesome sounds to London. Born in Istanbul in 1939, Temiz […]
Culture
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22nd September 2019 Pop sensation İlyas Yalçıntaş to light up the stage at the O2 Islington
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Stuff
8th August 2019
The meteoric rise of fashion designer Dilara Fındıkoğlu
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26th March 2019 Erdem’s AW19 collection inspired by an Italian princess
Wellbeing
17th September 2019
Life-saving stem cell match urgently needed for Talia Tosun
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27th August 2019 Turkish scientist’s epilepsy discovery gives new hopes for treatment
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30th July 2019 Selin Kiazim’s recipe for Chilli-Roast Cauliflower