It’s not every day that a prince comes to see you, but that’s exactly what happened one day in March, when His Royal Highness, Şehzade Orhan Osmanoğlu visited Shacklewell Lane Mosque in East London. A resident of Istanbul and the great grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, Şehzade Orhan was making his first ever visit […]
A Central London building that became the hub for British Turkish Cypriots in 1950s and 1960s is finally back in the service of the community. The Evkaf Administration of Cyprus (Evkaf), which owns the property on D’Arblay Street, Soho, has fully restored the 5-storey building and is leasing it to commercial organisations. The rental income […]
Thousands of people attending Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League match against Brighton burst into applause in the tenth minute to celebrate the life of Ali Gomez Mehmet. The avid Spurs fan and season ticket holder lost his life after suffering a heart attack on 25 March. He was just 36 years old. Ali’s family and friends […]
Londoner Ali Gomez Mehmet was a man in the prime of his life. The 36-year-old was an avid Spurs fan and successful amateur footballer, who owned two thriving businesses, and was set to wed the love of his life this year. Tragically, Ali’s life was cut short when he suddenly passed away on 25 March […]
The Crescent Moon Fox – the debut book by Turkish Cypriot author Metin Murat – was launched in London last week. The novel, set in Cyprus from the British colonial rule era through to the turn of the millennium, was promoted by the publisher Armida Books at the London Book Fair. The three-day event in […]
On 10 March, the team behind four times Formula 1 World Champion driver Sebastian Vettel unveiled his new helmet. The words “No War” were blazed across one side, a dove on the other, with narrow strips of flags adorning the base of the helmet. Blue and yellow stripes – the colours of Ukraine – ran […]
British Turkish Cypriots held their second protest against Waltham Forest Council Leader Grace Williams for “discrimination and racially insulting the British Turkish Cypriot Community”. The event was bolstered by support from the local Kashmiri community. Over a dozen Kashmiris attended the demonstration outside Waltham Forest Town Hall on Thursday, 3 March, to protest the Council’s […]
One of the UK’s largest grocery wholesalers, JJ Foodservice, is offering support to Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK over the coming months. The award-winning North London headquartered business, founded by Turkish Cypriot immigrant Mustafa Kiamil, has contacted Enfield Council and other local authorities where its branches are located to discuss employing those fleeing the […]
A Turkish Cypriot football agent has hit out at FIFA’s “double standards” after it announced a football ban on Russia in response to the country invading Ukraine, which also contravenes its motto to ‘keep politics out of sport’. Monday’s decision by the world football body to bar the Russian national team from international competitions indefinitely […]
February is LGBT+ History Month in Britain. During this annual month-long observance, the UK puts the historic experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI+) and their fight for equal rights in the spotlight. The aim of the month is simple: to raise awareness of, and combat prejudice against, LGBTI+ people, and to […]
