Ersin Tatar, the President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), met with Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Secretary, at the TRNC White House on Thursday afternoon. The warm atmosphere of the meeting, which ran for over an hour, was reflected in the two men taking a stroll and then enjoying tea in the […]
Turkey’s award-winning journalist Can Dündar and Sarah Clarke of British human rights group ARTICLE 19 will be in conversation about the downturn in human rights and democracy around the world, and the need for increased co-operation in defending these vital rights. The online discussion takes place in the context of growing populism and autocracy. In recent […]
Everton player Cenk Tosun is being loaned back to his former club Beşiktaş for the rest of the season. The development comes on the eve of the transfer deadline. The 29-year-old striker, who left Beşiktaş for Everton in 2018 for £27 million, has struggled to secure a regular first team place at Goodison Park under […]
A restaurant, popular with celebrity TV stars and Premier League footballers, has been stripped of its licences by Redbridge Council for not complying with licensing conditions. Melin Chigwell in Woodford Bridge was also found to have continually ignored COVID-19 regulations and guidelines, putting its patrons’ and staff members’ safety at risk. Under the management and […]
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is due in Cyprus on Thursday, 4 February, to meet with the two Cypriot presidents Ersin Tatar of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) and Nicos Anastasiades of South Cyprus. Dominic Raab’s 24-hour visit will also include a meeting with Elizabeth Spehar, the head of United Nations Peacekeeping Force […]
Tonight a group of current and former British Parliamentarians will form part of a panel to debate ‘What is the future for Cyprus?’ Chaired by former government Minister Brooks Newmark, the panel comprises of Andrew Rosindell MP, former MPs Lee Scott and Michael Stephen QC, and Professor Hüseyin Işıksal, a Turkish Cypriot international relations expert […]
League 2’s Crawley Town will tonight play Championship side Bournemouth in the fourth round of the Emirates FA Cup. An away fifth round tie against premier league side Burnley in early February beckons the winner. After beating premiership side Leeds 3-0 in the previous round, FA Cup giant killers Crawley Town will be hoping to […]
A Turkish restaurant in Woodford Green, Essex, has been branded a “Covid factory” after hosting illegal events during the pandemic and could now lose its licence as a result. Melin Chigwell was declared a “real and continuing threat to public health” by Conservative Councillor Paul Canal during a Redbridge Council Licensing Committee hearing on Tuesday, […]
At least 191 Turkish Cypriots have died from Covid-19 – over half in the last two months – according to Ambassador Oya Tuncalı, who represents the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) in London. Within days of making this statement the figure had leapt again claiming the lives of a further 32 British Turkish Cypriot […]
Turkish community activists have stepped up their campaign to bring the UK’s largest burial ground for British Turks under state control. An online petition has been launched by the Tottenham Park Cemetery Action Group (TPCAG) to draw attention to conditions at the privately-owned Tottenham Park Cemetery in North London, and to call on the government […]
