Author: Gizem Öztürk

HP Culture
Love Island’s new ‘it’ couple Ekin-de are hitting it big with huge brand deals and their own reality show

While ITV2’s Love Island is a show about finding love with a prize of £50k (which isn’t much in today’s economy), most contestants join for the possible brand deals and a chance at becoming influencers on social media. It seems the Turkish delight and Italian stallion have struck gold with their on-screen persona: not only […]

Film
Film review: “Tearjerker” Paper Lives / Kağıttan Hayatlar is “one of the finest Turkish films to be released in past two years”

Among heaps of colourless films on Netflix, Paper Lives (‘Kağıttan Hayatlar’) stands a lustrous tree topper awaiting to be watched. Paper Lives unquestionably swings in as one of the finest Turkish films to be released in the past two years. Director Can Ulkay and writer Ercan Mehmet Erdem unveil a reality through the eyes of a […]

Festivals
Discover Azerbaijani cuisine in London at the National Geographic Traveller Food Festival 2022

One of the key components of a national culture is food. It’s what unites and, in some cases defines, people. That’s why the National Geographic Traveller magazine’s annual food festival is an adventure not to be missed if you’re eager to experience different parts of the world through mouthfuls of delicious food. Experts, enthusiasts, cookbook […]

HP News
How a “miracle” rainstorm, the public and international actors came to the rescue for North Cyprus’ worst wildfire

Last week, the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) experienced its most catastrophic forest fire since the Beşparmak Mountains wildfire of June 1995. Twenty seven years on, a disastrous fire broke out in the forested area between the Tatlısu and Ağıllar villages, located in the Gazimağusa district of Northern Cyprus, on 21 June. The weather […]