If you love Turkish drama, make sure you tune into the Yunus Emre Institute UK’s YouTube TV channel on Wednesday, 10 June, where actor Engin Altan Düzyatan, famed for his role as Ertuğrul Gazi, the father of the Ottomans, will be this week’s guest. Izmir-born Düzyatan, 40, made his screen debut in television series Ruhsar back […]
This Tuesday, 19 May, is the holiest night of the year in the Islamic calendar and occurs during the last ten days of Ramazan. Known in Turkish as Kadir Gecesi and in English as the Night of Power, this is the night when the first verses of the Holy Kuran were revealed to the Prophet […]
This week’s London Mevlit programme features a special guest appearance from Imam Muhittin Aydın. The muezzin at Stoke Newington’s Aziziye Mosque will be reciting Koranic prayers alongside programme host Husayn Hashim El Bakayi, the UK’s most prominent Turkish Cypriot hoca (pastor) on Sunday, 17 May. The London Mevlit programme will start straight after Kanal T’s iftar […]
Based on the mystery about the world’s oldest temple Göbekli Tepe, acclaimed TV drama Atiye (The Gift) was the most popular series of the year 2019 on Netflix Turkey, despite only being released on 27 December*. The second Netflix original Turkish series, Atiye was given the thumbs up by non-Turkish audiences and was recommended by […]
The success of last Sunday’s Mevlit, which was watched by tens of thousands of people in Britain and abroad, has prompted Kanal T to create a new weekly prime time slot for the religious programme. The broadcaster, one of North Cyprus’ biggest television channels, will screen the Mevlit at 5.30pm UK time (7.30pm Cyprus & […]
Kanal T, one of North Cyprus’ biggest television channels, has announced it is to broadcast this evening’s Mevlit (traditional prayers) to commemorate the 35 Turkish Cypriots in Britain who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. The start of the Mevlit has been put back a half hour to 5.30pm UK time (7.30pm Cyprus & […]
British actor Sen Monro has told T-VINE he hopes a new short film he co-wrote with former Eastenders star Gary Webster will be turned into TV series by “Amazon, Netflix, or one of the UK’s TV networks.” Stages is based on a true story about two Parkinson’s Disease sufferers whose lives fall apart until they […]
A Turkish actor who first came to prominence in the 80s in British soap opera Eastenders, has this week won an Emmy. Haluk Bilginer received an award for Best Performance by an Actor at the 47th International Emmy Awards in New York on Monday, 25 November. The International Emmys are for television programmes that are […]
Kuruluş: Osman, the eagerly awaited follow-up to blockbuster period drama Diriliş: Ertuğrul [‘Resurrection: Ertugrul’] is set to hit Turkish TV screens on Wednesday evening, 20 November. Starring Burak Özçivit (pictured top), the new series about the life of Osman I, the founder of Ottoman Empire, will be broadcast weekly on ATV. The makers of Diriliş: […]
A UNIVERSITY student has come away with the top prize on ‘Kim Milyoner Olmak İster?’ [Who Wants to be A Millionaire?]. Arda Ayten answered a question on Turkey’s national anthem correctly to win 1 million Turkish lira on Friday night, 5 October. Viewers had been left hanging from the last series about whether nineteen-year-old Arda […]
