This Sunday, the Turkish Religious Foundation of the United Kingdom (ITDV) will be hosting a mevlit – a special event of Islamic prayer and hymns – to commemorate the holy birth of the Prophet Muhammed. Turkey’s Head of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Professor Mehmet Görmez will lead this celebratory spiritual event, which is taking place […]
Turkish Cypriot businesses will be putting their best foot forward at a special two-day event in central London with the aim of drawing more visitors to the TRNC. Taking place at the Business Design Centre in Islington, central London, on the 5th and 6th of May, the Festival of North Cyprus will showcase the […]
If you are a British citizen of Turkish Cypriot heritage currently living in the UK, the University of London needs to hear from you! The university is currently conducting important research into ethnic minorities and their interest in politics, both domestic and in their ‘homelands’. The research is open to everyone of Turkish Cypriot […]
Children are the future of any nation and must therefore be cherished and nurtured. That was the view of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of modern Turkey who founded Children’s Day back in 1927. It grew out of National Sovereignty Day, established on 23 April 1923, which commemorated the country’s move from Sultanate rule […]
Eastern Mediterranean University’s annual Rock ‘n’ EMU festival has pulled in some major headliners since its inception, but none as big as the band that performed last night. Led by globally renowned Sir Bob Geldof, veteran Irish punk rockers The Boomtown Rats took to the stage in a packed stadium in Mağusa/Famagusta, eastern Cyprus, […]
T-VINE recently published an article about a landmark ruling in the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Osmanoglu and Kocabas v Switzerland (Application No 29086/12). This case concerns Muslim parents of Turkish heritage living in Switzerland who did not grant their daughters permission to attend mixed sex swimming lessons. These lessons […]
On Tuesday, 11 April, I visited Brussels to interview the European Parliament Rapporteur for Turkey Kati Piri MEP. Ms Piri is a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands and part of the parliamentary Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. As the Turkey Rapporteur, she is the parliament’s closest follower of […]
London has long been known as one of the great fashion capitals of the world and so it’s of little surprise that the modest fashion industry is now targeting the British capital. London Modest Fashion Week kicks off on Good Friday at The Ritz before moving to iconic venue Olympia as part of the […]
A Turkish immigrant faces losing his livelihood after his local city council in Austria’s northeast ruled those unable to speak fluent German cannot have a stand in the main marketplace. Alihan Turgut has been in the country for 27 years and served food from his mobile doner stand in Wiener Neustadt for 11 years. […]
There doesn’t seem to be a day when Turkey is not in the news and for the most part, it’s often pretty negative. These days the UK, like the rest of the West, is preoccupied with lambasting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his authoritarian ways and inflammatory comments, a far cry from a […]
