This year’s Turkish Community Art Exhibition has opened for viewing at the Yunus Emre Institute in London. The exhibition features 70 pieces of art by 49 Turkish artists in Britain, including two extraordinary works by Hanife Kiatip. Hanife, known as ‘Hanni’ to family and friends, is a Turkish Cypriot artist who has the challenge of […]
A South Londoner of Turkish Cypriot origin has made it into the final round of this year’s Not So New Comedian of the Year contest. Saban Kazim was one of around 100 not-so-new acts who think they are still very funny and worthy of this year’s title. The standard for this year’s contest has been […]
Tickets for Turkish indie music star Gaye Su Akyol’s upcoming concert at Kings Place are selling fast. Part of the week-long Songlines Encounters Festival international soundscape, the performance will be the singer-songwriter’s first UK concert after releasing her unforgettable new album Anadolu Ejderi (Anatolian Dragon) late last year. The Istanbul-based artist let rip on the […]
Award-winning singer-songwriter and musical arranger Mustafa Ceceli returns to London for a concert at the 02 Forum in northwest London. Now aged 42, the talented Ankara-born artist’s 20-year career in showbusiness has seen him win for Best Album and Best Male Artist at Turkiye’s Music Awards. The Ankara born star has been a regular chart-topper […]
I attended the Mayor of London’s annual Eid in the Square celebration in Trafalgar Square last weekend. It was a joyous riot of colour and noise, and the delicious smells lingering around from the edge towards thousands of people watching the activities on the main stage. The moon was visible overhead in the clear blue […]
Event organiser Sufi Festivals is staging “a phenomenal one-off showcase of Sufi sounds and artists” to raise vital funds to help those displaced by the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria on 6 February. Taking place at Tramway Theatre in Glasgow on Friday, 5 May, this night of Nasheed (Islamic devotional) music and touching […]
Following the success of its first dementia event last year, the Turkish Women’s Philanthropic Association (TWPA) is again staging a second coffee morning seminar for its members and others in the Turkish community who are concerned about this life-changing condition. The term ‘dementia’ is used to refer to a decline in brain functionality. It generally […]
When a social media user, Samet Karaboğa, asked Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create Disney characters of Turkish political leaders, the results went viral. Karaboğa shared illustrations of 9 of the 10 leaders AI had created for him on his Instagram page, Samet SKB Karaboğa (@samkrbg). He apologised for having to omit the one of Ahmet […]
This year marks thirty years since Mahsun Kırmızıgül’s acclaimed album Alem Buysa Kral Sensin [‘If This is the World, You Are the King’] dropped, shaking up Turkiye’s music scene with its catchy fusion of Turkish Fantezi, Arabesque and Folk songs that propelled Kırmızıgül to the top of the charts. Kırmızıgül’s music epitomises the sounds of […]
An independent bookshop in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, is the winner of the coveted Bookstore of the Year Award in The London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards. Minoa wowed the panel of judges with its beautiful “must-see” presentation of books that has made it a tourist attraction in Istanbul. The Turkish outlet beat three other bookshops from […]
