People arriving in Turkey from Britain no longer have to present a negative PCR test result ahead of travel if they are double vaccinated or have recently recovered from coronavirus. The good news was announced by the Turkish government on Thursday evening, offering a welcome boost to the country’s tourism sector ahead of the British […]
In July of this year Tahir Taghizadeh, Azerbaijan’s popular and long-serving ambassador to London, departed Britain. His successor, Ambassador Elin Suleymanov, arrived the following month ready to take up his new duties as the Ambassador of Azerbaijan at the Court of St. James’s. Prior to his London appointment, Ambassador Suleymanov spent 16 years in the […]
The British High Commission in Nicosia has issued a statement concerning new procedures from the Greek Cypriot-controlled Republic of Cyprus affecting British nationals in North Cyprus. From 1 October 2021, those living in or visiting the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus can cross freely across any Green Line check-point into South Cyprus as many times […]
The Turkish Cypriot Cultural Association (TCCA) have joined forces with the British Red Cross to launch an innovative gardening project that will not only help participants learn new skills and make new friends, but also offer therapeutic benefits. T-VINE asked TCCA Co-ordinator Gülnur Salih how this project came about and how local people can get […]
The number of Members of Parliament in the German National Assembly, or Bundestag, whose roots are from Turkey has increased. Preliminary results from Sunday’s General Election show there are a total of 18 MPs with Turkish and Turkish-Kurdish roots, up from 14 in 2017, the Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. Nine MPs were elected for the […]
British passengers looking for some autumn sunshine in Turkey and North Cyprus, or to see family and friends now have more flight options. With Transport Secretary Grant Shapps moving Turkey to the United Kingdom’s Amber list on 22 September, demand for travel to Turkey has shot up. Pegasus Airlines has reinstated direct flights between Istanbul […]
Turkey has seen a strong rise in its garment exports in the first seven months of this year thanks to retail recovery in its key European markets. Many companies are reported to be working at full capacity for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold early in 2020. Shipments to foreign markets between […]
Last week, Turks finally received the news they’d been waiting for since May, that the British government had removed Turkey from its Covid Red list. From 4am on Wednesday 22 September, Turkey moved to the Amber list, meaning those returning to Britain no longer have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days at cost […]
The Manhattan skyline has a new addition: Turkish House / Türkevi, which was officially opened on Monday by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The 36-floor building, located across the street to the United Nations headquarters, will be home to Turkey’s permanent mission to the UN, the Turkish Consulate, and the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) […]
On the eve of the Cyprus talks at the United Nations in New York, Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar will be buoyed by the results of a new survey about the type of political model Turkish Cypriots view as “most realistic” to resolve the long-running dispute. The most popular response by a long way was […]
