UPDATED 10 May – Kay Isa, a new Conservative councillor in Waltham Forest, had been mistakenly left off the results. now added and total amended. Last week’s Local Elections 3 May, which took place in London and across England, not only saw a record number of candidates from the British Turkish community stand, but also […]
The rights of Turkish citizens to remain in the UK under the Ankara Agreement (1963) between Turkey and the EEC were raised in the House of Lords on Monday April 30. The issue formed part of a wider discussion around the rights of EU citizens in Britain whose future remains uncertain due to Brexit. The […]
This Friday, the brand new 2K scan of the 1982 Turkish cult film The Man Who Saves the World, best known to fans as the Turkish Star Wars, is set to have its world premiere simultaneously at The Cinema Museum in London and the CCA in Glasgow. Friday, May 4 is officially Star Wars […]
A man with severe mobility problems and heart disease is pleading with his local authority to rehouse him before his deteriorating health results in his death. 62-year-old Soner Sabriler contacted T-VINE Magazine to say he was in hospital again after suffering another heart attack – his six in as many months – and fears […]
The directorial debut of top Turkish actor Onur Saylak has been awarded the top prize at this year’s East End Film Festival. Daha (‘More’) focuses on a quiet and sullen teenager in a coastal town in Turkey whose life is corrupted by his father’s people-smuggling business. Adapted from Hakan Günday’s award-winning novel, the film is […]
Next month, the national football team of North Cyprus will be competing in the Paddy Power 2018 CONIFA World Cup in London. The team, one of 16 to take part, will be playing its group matches at Enfield Town in North London. The tournament starts on 31 May and is organised by the Confederation of […]
The 23rd of April has a special importance to multiple communities around the world. Those in or whose roots hail from Turkey will be celebrating today because it is National Sovereignty & Children’s Day. During their struggle for independence, the Turks, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, convened Parliament in Ankara on 23 April 1920. This […]
A British mother is arrested while visiting family overseas with her baby daughter. A family of political refugees are moving to Australia to start a new life. American citizens, working, travelling and holidaying around the world, fall victim to Trump’s executive order against citizens of seven Muslim countries, and can’t return home. They are […]
When Vodafone announced earlier this month it was moving Turkey to ‘Roam-further’ status, there was an outcry from thousands of affected customers. A petition was launched by those angry at having to pay a daily fee on top of their UK monthly plan while they were in Turkey and North Cyprus. Others threatened to ditch […]
Continuing its series of Turkey-related seminars and debates at the Palace of Westminster, the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) will be hosting Dr Louis Fishman there on 25th April 2018. A respected authority on Turkey and Israel, Dr Fishman’s talk will look at the intricacies of Turkish-Israeli relations, placing them within an historical context, […]
