This year’s Progress 1000 list of people making a major difference to London is perhaps its most diverse yet. Home Secretary Sajid Javid tops the list, while the Duchess of Sussex makes her debut straight in to the Top 10. Five people of Turkish heritage are also included in the 1000: footballer Mesut Özil (pictured […]
Tate Britain, Artangel and A New Direction have invited every primary school in the capital to take part in one of world’s most ambitious contemporary art projects. Turner Prize-winning artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is aiming to make a portrait of an entire age group of Londoners, capturing tens of thousands of Year 3 […]
A British Turk has seen his work recognised at a global awards ceremony in France. A short film for the Barclays Armed Forces Campaign directed by Serkan Nihat won a Silver Dolphin at this year’s Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards. The international competition is open to film producers, clients, agencies, and TV channels. This […]
Recently released, Nejla Clements’ book The Battle of Kokkina is the true story of how a besieged Turkish Cypriot community survived attempted annihilation as they defended a key coastal village in Northern Cyprus. The book is based on Erenköy ve Hayat– the extraordinary autobiography of Nejla’s uncle Fadıl Elmasoğlu (both pictured above), who led […]
Turkey was plunged into mourning after authorities confirmed that eight soldiers had been killed and one seriously injured in Batman province, in the southeast of the country. The soldiers were targeted by an explosive roadside device early on Thursday morning. A statement from the Governor of Batman’s office said: “the terrorists detonated an improvised explosive […]
A mega new international airport for Turkey’s biggest city will open as scheduled on Turkish Republic Day this year . The confirmation came from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the wake of strikes by builders working on the site. “The opening date is Oct 29, tests have been carried out… The terminal building is […]
If you’re keen to see the capital of Cyprus in a day or two, what better way than on a bicycle to help you navigate around the narrow streets of the Old City on both sides of the Green Line that separates Turkish North Cyprus from the Greek South. There are no end of […]
After months of negative press about the treatment of Muslims by the USA, a far more positive story has emerged about an important new exhibition on the west coast of America. Contemporary Muslim Fashions opened at de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco on 22 September. The first major museum exhibition to […]
Rising-star, stand-up comedian Kaan Sekban comes to London with his hilarious sideways take on working in the financial and corporate world – which he did for 10 years. The 35-year-old from Istanbul has rapidly attracted a large fan base, including 189,000 followers on Instagram, thanks to his sketches and shows full of witty observations […]
A man has appeared in court charged with murder following the fatal shooting of 22-year-old İsmail Tanrıkulu in Tottenham Cemetery on Monday, 3 September. Musa Duru, 21, of Great Cambridge Road, Tottenham was arrested in North London on Tuesday, 18 September. He was charged with murder the following day and remanded in custody. The […]
