Successful British Turkish Cypriots were among the guests at a Buckingham Palace event hosted by Prince Charles to “celebrate the Cypriot diaspora in the UK”. Baroness Hussein-Ece, artist Tracey Emin, businessman and Dragon’s Den star Touker Süleyman, lawyer Emma Edhem and former British Ambassador to Iceland Alp Mehmet attended the glitzy do. Greek Cypriot leader […]
A small delegation from the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) will visit the British capital in mid-March in the hope of discovering new information about the fate of people reported missing during the Cyprus Conflict. Representatives of the CMP will be in London for five days, from Monday 18 March, hoping to meet […]
On Friday evening, food historian Priscilla Mary Işın will give a talk at the Yunus Emre Institute based on her book, Bountiful Empire: A History of Ottoman Cuisine, in which she explores the rich culinary traditions of the Ottoman Empire. Published last year, the book examines in detail the production and consumption of food by […]
Event date updated: UK-based Turkey think tank the Centre of Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) invites an award-winning Turkish writer and activist to lead their next Westminster debate. Best-selling novelist Elif Shafak (Şafak in Turkish) is one of the most vocal Turks in Britain. She is regularly invited to speak in public, and comments on Turkey and […]
The best kebab shops in the UK have been revealed following thousands of online votes from the public. A final shortlist of the country’s most popular and cleanest places to buy a döner or şiş kebab has been published ahead of a glitzy awards ceremony at the Park Plaza Westminster hotel in London on Monday, […]
Mark’s mother wants him to bury his father and it’s up to Saleh to find him and bring him home for a proper East End send off. Only Mark is no longer Mark, he’s Abdullah. Written by Martin Askew, There is A Field is a London story of faith, death and family strife reshaped by […]
Measures aimed at bringing Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots closer together were set in motion this week – as South Cyprus said that it had made a new discovery of natural gas. Plans to enable people in Cyprus to use their mobile phone lines on both sides of the divide will now be implemented, four […]
In office since February 2018, CTP (Republican Turkish Party) leader Tufan Erhürman is set to make his first official visit to London as Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) where he will give a public address in North London on 7 March. Accompanying him will be a delegation of business leaders […]
One of Turkey’s leading advertising agencies found itself in hot water when its new campaign for a client closely resembled a car commercial by German car manufacturer Audi. The television commercial for mobile technology and gaming firm Peak Games first aired on Feb 18., broadcast simultaneously on 41 Turkish TV channels. Initially the 3-minute clip […]
Four of London’s finest emerging writers have been sent to Turkey-inspired Suleymaniye Mosque Hackney, to discover it as a space and as a community. By weaving together their unusual personal stories, Where We Areis a compelling and honest portrait of a unique community of people collected under one roof. Written by Danusia Samal, Najaf Zahra […]
