Police have arrested the main suspect in the killing of seven members of the Dedeoğulları family, four women and three men aged between 30 and 65. Mehmet Altun had gone on the run and was eventually caught in Bozkır district, some 120 km from where the horrific mass shooting had taken place. Emergency services were […]
Differences for those living in the north and south of Cyprus have come to the fore on multiple occasions during the coronavirus pandemic, and it does so again over the issue of Covid-19 vaccination certificates. With the United Kingdom choosing to keep Turkey on its high risk Red country list and Cyprus on the moderate Amber, […]
For the second time in under a month, Feryal Clark, the Member of Parliament for Enfield North, has written to Grant Shapps asking why Turkey remains on the British Government’s Red list risk category for coronavirus. The Labour MP published her latest letter to the Transport Secretary on social media, calling the “inconsistencies” in the […]
The captain of an oil tanker has been given a one month prison sentence by a Greek Cypriot court in Larnaca for docking his ship at a port in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. According to a report in Kathimerini, the captain of the Malta-flagged Red Garnet was arrested on Sunday morning at the […]
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have announced a three-year partnership with Getir. The online grocery order and delivery platform becomes an ‘Official Global Partner’ of the North London club. Getir, which is Turkish for “bring”, provides an on-demand order service, guaranteeing to bring people their groceries “within minutes”. The “pioneer of ultrafast grocery delivery” also offers […]
Transport Minister Grant Shapps has announced the latest changes to Britain’s coronavirus travel list, with many countries moved into different risk categories, but there has been no change for Turkey, which remains on the highest Red list, infuriating British Turks. The revised travel list and entry criteria will remain in place for at least another […]
There was delight in North Cyprus and Nigeria after Ese Brume won a bronze medal in the Women’s Long Jump at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games on Tuesday. The Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) student claimed third place with a jump of 6.97m – and Nigeria’s first medal of the 2020 Tokyo Games. Her Famagusta-based university […]
It took eight days for Azerbaijan to win its first medal of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, which came on Friday courtesy of Iryna Kindzerska, who won bronze in Judo. Forty eight hours later, boxer Alfonso Dominguez claimed a second bronze medal for Azerbaijan. Kindzerska was up against Xu Shian of China in the third […]
Mete Gazoz has won Turkey’s first-ever Olympic archery medal. The talented 22-year-old beat veteran Italian Mauro Nespoli in a thrilling five-set final to take gold on Saturday. The win also marked Turkey’s first gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The new Men’s Olympic Archery Champion said: “I’m feeling great. It’s amazing to be here, […]
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