A digital invoice company set up by a Turkish Cypriot in Istanbul 20 years ago has been acquired by an industry “global leader”, it has been revealed. Tax software firm Sovos, which has offices in the US, South America, London, Stockholm and Amsterdam, announced on Tuesday, 28 May, that it had acquired Foriba, a “leading […]
A deliberate fire at a mosque in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, has caused extensive damage to the building, but thankfully there were no casualties. Ömer Oral, head of Hagen’s Ulu Mosque, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the arson attack took place on Saturday morning. The assailant is believed to have set fire to six wheelie bins […]
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, […]
Military personnel from Turkey have travelled to Russia to learn how to use its S-400 missile system, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was reported as saying on Tuesday. Soldiers will be getting to grips with the surface-to-air defence system ahead of its delivery to Turkey in the coming months, the Daily Sabah website reported. The […]
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 […]
Ersin Tatar, leader of the National Unity Party (UBP), and Kudret Özersay, who heads the People’s Party (HP), signed a protocol yesterday, 22 May, setting out their principles of the new coalition government. The two parties hold 21 and nine seats respectively in the 50-seat TRNC Parliament, giving them a solid majority. The government is […]
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 […]
Fans of novelist Elif Shafak don’t have much longer to wait before they can get their hands on her powerful new novel ‘10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World’. The 368-page book in English hits the shops on 6 June and previews are already raving about it. Historian Peter Frankopan describes the book as, […]
The winner of this year’s Turkish Süper Lig was confirmed after a top of the table clash earlier today. Galatasaray beat Istanbul rival Medipol Başakşehir 2-1 at home in a pulsating game to clinch the title on the penultimate weekend of the season. Both sides went into the match level on 66 points, with Galatasaray […]
Two brilliant bands – Don Kipper of London and The Langan Band from Glasgow – share the bill at the Jazz Café this Friday, 24 May. It promises to be a night of wild musical abandon as both bands are renowned for their lively, eclectic take on folk and global beats. T-VINE has a pair […]
