The BBC has issued a statement regarding its coverage of the 1974 War in Cyprus on Monday, which has generated hundreds of complaints from Turkish Cypriots. The British state broadcaster accepted it “could have included more historic context in the TV piece to help the audience understand the story further” but stopped short of offering […]
A campaign to protest the BBC’s one-sided, anti-Turkish coverage of the 1974 War in Cyprus on Monday has seen over 500 people write in to complain to the broadcaster in 24 hours. An online template letter, jointly produced by two British Turkish Cypriot activist groups, North Cyprus Exists and Young Turkish Cypriots (Y.T.C.), has been […]
Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots have vented their anger online after BBC London broadcast a news clip for the anniversary of the 1974 War in Cyprus, which again vilified Turks. The 3-minute clip features an interview with a Cypriot family, thought to be Armenian, about how they fled war-torn Cyprus and resettled in Britain as refugees. […]
A week after airing controversial views that attacked civil liberties and vilified Muslims in Britain, Conservative leadership contender Rishi Sunak is embroiled in a new controversy. This time, the former Chancellor has been slammed by British Turkish Cypriots, who accuse him of “flagrant misinformation” and “anti-Turkish bias” after he appeared to take sides in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
