The Leader of Barnet Council Barry Rawlings has rejected accusations from local residents of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot descent that the local authority is “racist”, calling them “unsubstantiated claims” at a recent council meeting. Councillor Rawlings’ comments prompted an angry exchange with a group of residents present in the public gallery. The council leader was […]
Britain’s newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has had an opportunity to hold face-to-face meetings with a number of world leaders at the 75th anniversary NATO Heads of State Summit last week, among them President Erdoğan of Turkiye. The two men met on Thursday 11 July – the final day of the three-day summit […]
Last week, the Yunus Emre Institute’s London branch hosted a “heartfelt tribute” to the victims of the Srebrenica massacre, which took place 29 years ago. This act of genocide, committed by Bosnian Serbs against Bosnian Muslims in July 1995, resulted in the murder of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the space of just a […]
Now in its fifteenth year, the Dawn Vigil (Şafak Nöbeti in Turkish) bears extra significance this July as it commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Turkiye’s vital intervention in Cyprus on 20 July 1974 to liberate Turkish Cypriots and bring peace to the island. Ferhat Göçer, one of Turkiye’s biggest pop stars behind hits such as […]
Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to announce government positions following last week’s General Election, where Labour won a landslide majority. One of the latest appointments is Enfield North MP Feryal Clark, who becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The announcement was made late on Tuesday, 9 July, […]
On and off the pitch, the Turks brought their national pride and passion to these Euros, setting the bar high with their fantastic group opener against Georgia. Scoring stunning goals and making arguably the save of the tournament, #BizimÇocuklar bow out of Euro 2024 with their heads held high and a bright future ahead. Saturday […]
The trial of two men accused of kidnapping and killing popular Turkish DJ Koray Alpergin at a disused bar in Tottenham two years ago has started at the Old Bailey. Isay Stoyanov, 43, and Dylan Weatherley, 20, stand accused of murdering Mr Alpergin, as well as two counts of kidnap and two counts of false […]
I’m a Londoner of mixed Turkish and Turkish Cypriot descent, who has lived in the London Borough of Barnet for twenty years. Like many other British Turks inside and outside of this north London borough, I have seen my local authority’s relentless anti-Turkish and anti-Turkish Cypriot bias over many years. It’s gotten to the point […]
Kem Cetinay found fame on Love Island, winning ITV’s hit reality show in Season Three back in 2017. He’s gone on to design highly popular men’s fashion ranges for Primark, and made multiple television appearances including on ITV‘s This Morning, Dancing on Ice and, more recently, as a contestant on the BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef. And […]
Sonay Kartal’s run at Wimbledon has come to an end after she was defeated in straight sets by the US Open champion Coco Gauff in the third round of the Ladies Singles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. The match, played on No.1 Court on Friday, 5 July, took just over an hour to complete, ending […]
