23 April is the day that Turkey’s Parliament first met back in 1920. A few years later, this same day was gifted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to children – the future of any nation. From then on, 23rd April became known as National Sovereignty & Children’s Day, celebrated in Turkey and many other countries around […]
This Thursday, the Cyprus Islamic Association will be hosting a special prayer night and an inspirational talk by Hoca Husayn Hashim El Bakayi – a well-known religious personality in the British Turkish Cypriot community. Held on Regaip Kandili Gecesi, which this year occurs on 7th April, this holy night of prayer, where candles and minarets […]
A London Turkish drama group will be putting on its third production at Northumberland Park Community School in Tottenham on Saturday 16 April. Written and directed by Fatoş Törer, Ömer-Sinsi Servis is a light-hearted look at accessing emergency health care here in London from the perspective of the British Turkish community. The play is set […]
An Alevi Folk band from Holland will be making their first appearance in Britain next month following an invitation from the youth wing of the Glasgow Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemevi. Vengi Dersim, a trio based in Rotterdam, will perform at a concert at the Pearce Institute in Govan on Sunday 17 April. The event […]
One of North Cyprus’ leading artists will be appearing at a fundraising event in North London next month. Classical music singer Cem Kafkas headlines this year’s ball in aid of the UK Turkish Education Consortium. The event takes place at the Decorium on Saturday 30 April, with notable guests, including the TRNC London ambassador and […]
The Çanakkale Remembrance Platform has hired two buses to take community members free of charge to Brookwood Cemetery in Woking, Surrey, to participate in the annual prayer service on Turkish Martyrs Day. The service will take place at the gravesides of the 14 Turkish servicemen, who were killed during World War 2 and are now […]
British Turks have a chance to learn about Alzheimers (dementia) at a special seminar this Sunday. Organised by care in the community specialist Stepping Out, in conjunction with Limasollular Derneği UK, community members will have a chance to learn about the disease from the experts and to ask them questions. Dementia describes different brain disorders […]
Next Saturday, London’s Turkish community will honour the life and work of Dr. Tözün İsa, who sadly passed away in November aged 59 following his battle with cancer. Organised by the Turkish Language Education Consortium, community members are invited to attend the memorial night, which is being held at Dr Fazıl Küçük Turkish School. The […]
Two Turkish Cypriot associations are organising a talk in Turkish in North London next Sunday, 24 Jan., about the thorny issue of Cyprus property – one of the final matters the two Cypriot leaders will tackle in the current Peace Talks. Human rights group Embargoed! and the Vroisha (Yağmuralan) Association are holding the event in […]
The 77th year of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s passing has been commemorated across Turkey and the Turkish Diaspora today. Turkey’s founding father not only presided over vital military victories at Çanakkale and the Turkish War of Independence, which liberated Turkey from foreign powers, but also helped usher in a new modern era with a raft of […]
