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Australia tones down furious diplomatic response after Turkey says Erdoğan ‘coffins’ comment ‘taken out of context’

Turkey and Australia are “making progress” in mending their relations after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan angered Prime Minister Scott Morrison by warning that those who come to Turkey with ill intentions would be sent back in coffins “like your grandfathers were” in 1915. Mr Erdoğan was referring to the fate of soldiers from Australia and […]

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Welcome Spring! Happy nevruz! Newroz piroz be!

Every 21stMarch, people living in Anatolia, Central and South East Asia celebrate the arrival of Spring, called “Nevruz” by the Turks and “Newroz” by the Kurds. The word Nevruz is derived from the Farsi word for “new day”. It transcends faiths and ethnicities, as people from Iran to India greet the Spring Equinox. “Nevruz” is […]

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Turkey blasts European Parliament over call to suspend EU accession talks

A vote by the European Parliament (EP) urging EU leaders to suspend stalled accession talks with Turkey has been blasted as “meaningless”, “worthless” and “groundless”. On Wednesday 370 out of 622 MEPs present voted in favour of adopting a 2018 report calling for the suspension of Turkey’s accession negotiations, with 109 votes against and 143 […]

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UK Turkish Cypriots meet Prince Charles, as Greek Cypriot leader Anastasiades gets red carpet treatment at Buckingham Palace

Successful British Turkish Cypriots were among the guests at a Buckingham Palace event hosted by Prince Charles to “celebrate the Cypriot diaspora in the UK”. Baroness Hussein-Ece, artist Tracey Emin, businessman and Dragon’s Den star Touker Süleyman, lawyer Emma Edhem and former British Ambassador to Iceland Alp Mehmet attended the glitzy do. Greek Cypriot leader […]

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British Kebab Awards 2019 finalists revealed
 

The best kebab shops in the UK have been revealed following thousands of online votes from the public. A final shortlist of the country’s most popular and cleanest places to buy a döner or şiş kebab has been published ahead of a glitzy awards ceremony at the Park Plaza Westminster hotel in London on Monday, […]