It was all smiles as Ersin Tatar, President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, posed for pictures with Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan during a meeting of the two leaders. The pair were in Konya for the opening of the Islamic Games, which start today. The meeting at the Ramada Plaza Konya, which […]
Eastern Mediterranean University postgraduate Ese Brume is the new Women’s Long Jump Champion after winning gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Sunday. The Nigerian national had already broken the Commonwealth Games record with her second jump, a huge 6.99m. She bettered that with her very last jump of the final, leaping exactly 7 metres […]
A radical group of Shias targeted the Azerbaijani Embassy in London on Thursday afternoon, damaging the building and disrespecting the country’s flag as part of their protest. In broad daylight, a group of men used a long ladder to climb up to the first floor of the embassy in Kensington, where they proceeded to deface […]
Three more ships from Ukraine carrying vital grain supplies have left ports on the Black Sea, each heading to a different destination. One ship is travelling to Turkiye’s Black Sea port of Karasu, another is heading to the UK, and a third is sailing to the Republic of Ireland. Two ships left from the port […]
Female judoka Acelya Toprak has won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The British Turkish Cypriot from Lewisham, South London, reached the final of the Women’s 57kg Judo on Monday, 1 August, where she was beaten by Canada’s Christa Deguchi. Toprak had defeated Scotland’s Malin Wilson and Christianne Legentil of Mauritius on […]
A woman was stabbed and multiple Alevi houses of worship (‘cemevi’) and association buildings in the Turkish capital Ankara attacked and vandalised on Saturday, 30 July. The injured woman was on duty at the Turkmen Alevi Bektashi Association when a man came to the door asking if she was an Alevi and where they prayed. […]
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti were crowned winners in last night’s Love Island finale, with social media erupting in joy at the news that the show’s most entertaining and deserving couple had won. Over 3.4 million viewers tuned in live to see the outcome of the eighth series of ITV’s hit reality television show – […]
Aysu Türkoğlu made history at the weekend by becoming the youngest Turk to swim across the English Channel. The 21-year-old Turkish student entered the water at Dover 10:02 UK time on Friday, 29 July, and completed her swim at Cap Gris-Nez, in northern France, 16 hours and 28 minutes later. Türkoğlu, who had to battle […]
The horrific murder of East Londoner Mihrican ‘Canan’ Mustafa shocked Britain. The body of the mother of three was found in a freezer, along with that of Hungarian national Henriett Szucs, in a flat in Canning Town in April 2019. Zahid Younis was found guilty of their murders at a trial the following year. He […]
Former BP executive Tufan Erginbilgiç has been appointed the new chief executive of Rolls-Royce, the company announced on Tuesday. Erginbilgiç will take up his new role on 1 January 2023, succeeding Warren East who, on 24 February 2022, announced his intention to step down at the end of this year. The news of Erginbilgiç’s appointment […]
