For years, Turkish Cypriots who fought, served and died for Britain have been ignored in the annual Remembrance Day services, but not anymore. Last year, after extensive campaigning by T-VINE Magazine, this small nation finally participated in remembrance services to commemorate the contribution of Turkish Cypriots to Britain during times of conflict. Wreaths were laid […]
The fourth edition of the UK’s only independent Turkish film festival, Taste of Anatolia – Films from Turkey (TOA) starts this weekend with a gala party in Cambridge, followed by a week of screenings that will run until 11 November 2022. Launched in 2018, for the first time in the festival’s four year history film […]
The father of murdered Turkish DJ Koray Alpergin has announced the details for his son’s burial. Tuncay Alpergin shared the details of the funeral, accompanied by a heartfelt message from the family. The funeral service for Koray will take place at Palmers Green Mosque, North London, with funeral prayers held at midday. From there, Koray […]
Those of us in Britain, the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), and the Greek Cypriot Republic of Southern Cyprus can look forward to an extra hour in bed on Sunday, 29 October 2022, when Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts and the clocks go back an hour. All digitally operated clocks will automatically go back […]
Today, 26 October, is World Intersex Awareness Day, and an important opportunity to help address the constant misrepresentation of Intersex people, who are also often critically neglected in global cinema. According to the United Nations, intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical definitions for male or female bodies. One of […]
Three men charged with the murder of a popular Turkish DJ in London, Ali Kavak, 25, Erdogan Ulcay, 55, and a 17-year-old boy, have appeared at the Old Bailey today for a preliminary hearing. The court heard gruesome details about the abduction of Koray Alpergin, 43 and his girlfriend, who was today named in court […]
The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (CTCA) held an important workshop on 23 October 2022 with our member schools. We all agreed that we are at a time of great danger for the future of our schools and the Turkish education of our children. Despite the heroic efforts of many volunteer staff and teachers, who […]
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Turkish Police Association (TPA) are to hold two contact points in North and East London over the coming days to meet with members of the Turkish and Turkish-speaking communities. The first Community Contact Point will be at Shacklewell Lane Mosque in Dalston, Hackney, from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, […]
Detectives investigating the death of Koray Alpergin have charged three men with his murder. Erdogan Ulcay, 55 (05.05.67), of Oakeshott Avenue, Camden, [Ali Kavak, 25 (05.08.97), of De Quincey Road, Tottenham, and a 17-year-old boy, unnamed due to his age, were also charged with the kidnap of a woman. The three, who were arrested in Kent […]
Three men have been arrested in the Kent area in connection with the investigation into the abduction and death of Koray Alpergin, also known as DJ Koray. The news came in a police statement issued this Sunday lunchtime about the abduction of DJ Koray, aged 43, and his Turkish girlfriend on Thursday night, and their […]
