Global film streaming platform MUBI and distribution company The Match Factory are working with film charity Balık Arts to present crime thriller Burning Days. The new film by award-winning Turkish director Emin Alper, will get its London premiere at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, East London, on Saturday 2 April 2023. The event will also […]
Percussion virtuoso Burhan Öçal has made it his life mission to build bridges between different musical traditions. A native of Kırklareli, Western Turkiye, Öçal effortlessly plays Turkish folk music. Roma beats, jazz and Western classical music, as can be heard on his Groove Alla Turca, Oriental Ensemble, and the Trakya All-Stars projects and performances. The […]
Literature Beyond Borders, a charity fundraising literary event in London for victims of the Turkiye and Syria earthquakes, is on the verge of selling out. There has been a rush for tickets for this special one-off event being hosted by bestselling author Elif Shafak, which brings together a glittering array of names in literature, each […]
Tickets are going on sale on Friday, 17 March, for a special one-off charity fundraiser at the Royal Albert Hall in April to raise vital funds for those impacted by the devasting earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria. Organised by War Child and the Turkey Mozaik Foundation, the show will feature sets from Marcus Mumford, Dermot […]
After a three-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual celebration of Turkish Cypriot culture is back this summer, taking place on Sunday, 02 July 2023. The festival organisers, the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA) are sticking with their North London venue again for this year: Enfield Playing Fields on Donkey Lane […]
With the tragedy of the massive earthquakes in Turkiye very much at the forefront of everyone’s mind, this year the Association of Turkish Women in Britain (ATWIB) will be fundraising for its annual International Women’s Day event. ATWIB, or Britanya Türk Kadınları Derneği (BTKD) in Turkish, is hosting an elegant afternoon tea party at the […]
Two artists will be presenting a selection of their ‘Nature’ themed art works in a new joint exhibition being hosted by the Anchorsholme Library in Blackpool. Originally from London and of Turkish Cypriot heritage, Ayten Nightingale’s creativity straddles a range of forms including tapestry and canvas work. Her colourful paintings often feature scenes from the […]
Mayfair’s Miart Gallery’s latest exhibition Relativity showcases the work of seven artists in a variety of mediums including painting, photography, and sculpture. Relativity, which opened earlier this month, offers the viewer a different perspective on what deeper reality. The exhibition brings together three “icons of contemporary photography”: Gary James McQueen, Derrick Santini and Dmitry Oskin. […]
Two of North London’s most notable musicians of Turkish Cypriot heritage are set to play Dugdale Arts Centre in Enfield Town as part of the week-long Enfield Culture Festival. The cultural festival, which starts on 28 February and runs until 5 March, promises to be a “celebration of local culture and creativity” that will feature […]
In April, the Anglo-Turkish Society turns the spotlight on Britain’s historical role in Cyprus with a talk from Dr Michael A. Riccioli. The Istanbul-born and educated academic of Maltese descent is a retired senior lecturer and researcher from the Université Paris Dauphine, where he specialised in Anglo-Turkish relations. Any student of history will know that […]
