Once thought lost, a small bronze fifteenth century medallion portraying Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (1432-1481) is up for auction at Bonhams in May. It has been valued at between £1.5 million and £2 million by the auction house. Commissioned by Sultan Mehmed II before his 1453 conquest of Constantinople to wear as a lucky charm […]
April will see the UK’s first ever Turkish Fashion and Arts Festival, where designers of Turkish descent and those incorporating Turkish elements into their collections will showcase their diverse creations on the runway at this one day event. The shows will take place at The Engine Room in Tottenham, North London, in the evening, followed […]
Twelve people have been detained by police for a variety of offences following violent scenes at Trabzonspor’s Trendyol Süper Lig game against Fenerbahçe on Sunday. Home fans were seen hurling missiles on to the pitch at the Şenol Güneş Papara Park stadium during the match, before attacking the visiting players after the final whistle had […]
A talk presented as a ‘Human Rights in Cyprus Lecture’, involving law lecturers from Middlesex University and hosted by Barnet Council, has been slammed by Turkish Cypriots as “anti-Turkish”. The event is scheduled to take place at Hendon Town Hall at noon on Monday, 18 March. According to details on online ticketing platform Eventbrite, where […]
The 28th edition of the Turkiye-Germany Film Festival has just concluded, with this year’s big prize going to Zeki Demirkubuz’s film Hayat [Life], which won Best Feature Film. Demirkubuz, who wrote, produced and directed the film, also won the Grand Jury Prize. His film Hayat is a hard-hitting drama set in contemporary Turkiye that centres […]
The management team at Masjid Ramadan, also known as Shacklewell Lane Mosque, have launched an online fundraiser during this year’s Ramazan to help keep the mosque open. Masjid Ramadan is aiming to raise £10,000 to help cover costs related to the running and upkeep of the mosque in Dalston, East London, over the next 45 […]
Dozens of British Turkish and Turkish Cypriot women attended a special lunch at the Grand Palace Heather Suite in Wood Green on Friday, organised by the Turkish Women’s Philanthropic Association (TWPA) to celebrate International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day. Among the notable guests for the double celebration was Ambassador Çimen Keskin, the London Representative for […]
In 2013, police brutality against a peaceful group protesting the destruction of Gezi Park – one of the few public green spaces in Istanbul – prompted an unprecedented wave of demonstrations that soon spread across Turkiye. The focus of the protests soon morphed into riots against the ruling AKP government’s escalating authoritarianism, then headed by […]
Turkish Cypriots will not return to the negotiating table until their sovereignty and equal status is recognised, Ersin Tatar, the President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, told reporters at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Sunday. In an interview with French news agency AFP, President Tatar explained why he was against talks without a […]
Monday, 4 March 2024 will mark 60 years since the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed Resolution 186 that green-lighted the presence of UN peacekeepers in Cyprus and inadvertently created the current status quo on the island, where one side is recognised as a ‘government’ and the other struggles to achieve parity in line with […]
