Film charity Balik Arts is launching a brand-new film festival in the heart of historic university city Cambridge. Taste of Anatolia – Films from Turkey will run for three days on the first weekend of September 2018. Award-winning actor-turned-director Onur Saylak is among the special gues...
The West London Turkish Summer Festival will again bring people and communities closer together, while promoting the best of Turkish food, culture and music. There are over a half-dozen Turkish festivals in North London, so it’s a welcome change to see one over in West London, serving t...
Next weekend, Day-Mer Youth is staging an eclectic evening of musical entertainment to inspire the youth of today to achieve more with their lives. On the bill for The Garden Youth Fest on Saturday evening, 16 June are Dila and The Odd Beats, Anthony Anaxagorou, Fulya and Jess, and Anil Duman and Şa...
The countdown has begun to the 2nd Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival on Sunday 17 June, which this year is moving to Enfield Playing Fields on Donkey Lane, to better accommodate the expected large number of visitors. As with the first year, expect the festival to offer a fabulous mix of traditional...
Whether you are a seasoned lover of Turkish theatre or simply wanting to explore some contemporary Turkish drama, this three-day festival is for you! Curated by Saray Karakus and Umit Baysal, there are daily plays featuring some of Turkey’s leading actors, as well as workshops, and special performan...
There have been many harrowing scenes from the Syrian conflict, but perhaps one of the most affecting concerns the Syrian city of Kobane. Lying a kilometre away from the Turkish village of Maheser, both are home to predominantly Kurdish residents who have been separated by a century old border that...
Between 2000 and 2007 eight Turks were murdered in Germany, but the media and authorities preferred to present their cases along ethnic stereotypes, painting the victims as “kebab shop owners” caught up underworld crime and their likely killers as Turkish or Kurdish mafia. A chance police discovery...
A young filmmaker sets out to walk in the footsteps of Yılmaz Güney, the legendary Turkish-Kurdish director, actor and activist. Güney’s films are described as “the essence of life” by Austrian auteur Michael Haneke. Born in Adana, southern Turkey, in 1937, Güney made a name championing...
Katja's life falls apart in the blink of an eye when two neo-Nazis kill her husband and 6-year-old son in a bomb attack. Her quest for justice soon pushes her to the edge as the two suspects stand trial for murder. The Golden Globe Best Foreign Language winner In The Fade also won Diane Kruger a...
Last summer, the UK’s first major Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival took place and it was epic! Over 20,000 people attended the event at Chingford Rugby Club – a superb day out for all the family, with many people running into relatives and friends they had not seen for years. This year...
