A popular Turkish restaurant in North London has been ordered to pay more than £8,000 in fines and costs after inspections found a number of food safety and hygiene issues. The case against Kosk Restaurant and its director was brought by Enfield Council. Ismail Koca, the director of Kosk Restaurant Ltd, pleaded guilty to […]
From 4pm today, a North London cemetery popular with British Turks is closing its doors to the public and visitors after serious health and safety concerns were raised by the local authority. This morning, the owners of Tottenham Park Cemetery were served with an enforcement order by council inspectors from Enfield Council who made […]
Relatives visiting loved ones buried at a North London cemetery were in shock after seeing notices from the landowners informing them that headstones deemed to be “a Health and Safety risk” could be removed. The typed notices, from Badgehurst Limited, were found posted on trees at Tottenham Park Cemetery. The single A4 page of […]
The family of a teenager killed last weekend will hold a lunchtime protest outside Barking Town Hall on Friday against the lack of action and support from the local authority. The family and friends of 19-year-old Hasan Özcan are angry at the perceived indifference of local councillors and officials, who have not reached out to […]
An historic East London venue will be screening the UK film premiere of not one but two Turkish films at the end of this month. In a superb double bill, Oxford House and The Hamlets Pop-Up Cinema will present award-winning short film Mutluluk / Happiness, followed by acclaimed mockumentary Benim Varoş Hikayem / My Suburban […]
An international tournament that will feature North Cyprus’ national football side has received a crucial boost after attracting a major backer. Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has been announced as the title sponsor of the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup, which will take place in London from the end of May. The tournament is organised by […]
Göbekli Tepe [‘Potbelly Hill’] lies some 15 km east of the city of Şanlıurfa, in the Germuş mountain range. This prehistoric site is dated to between 9,500 and 8,000 BC and is regarded as home to the earliest megalithic monuments in the world. Some 6,000 years older than Stonehenge in the UK, the monumental buildings […]
For several years, community activists have been campaigning hard to improve conditions at a North London cemetery that has been the primary place of rest for British Turks since the 1960s. The serious state of disrepair of graves and pathways at the privately-owned Tottenham Park Cemetery in Edmonton, along with a general lack of maintenance […]
On Thursday morning, customers at famed Yasar Halim’s patisserie in East Finchley, North London, bore witness to a serious verbal assault on a young man. The latter part of the incident was captured on camera by one customer who posted it on to her Facebook page, detailing what she had seen. Jessie Harrington wrote, “An […]
He could barely stand on ice three months ago, but reality TV winner Kem Cetinay is now sliding smoothly across the ice rink, turning, and lifting his partner Alex Murphy effortlessly. Last Sunday’s edition of Dancing on Ice was Disco-themed and the pair performed fabulously to I’m So Excited by the Pointer Sisters. A born […]
