Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş has been released after 88 days in custody, despite receiving two prison sentences over jokes in his stand-up show Ölü Deniz (Dead Sea).At a hearing in Istanbul on Monday, 28 September, the court sentenced the 32-year-old to 11 months and 20 days for “insulting” Preside...
Filo Denizcilik has been permitted to resume some commercial sailings between Türkiye and North Cyprus less than a month after one of its passenger ferries sank off Girne, killing at least 15 people.The company’s Ro-Ro cargo vessel Şampiyon Melekler has returned to the Mersin–Mağusa route after rece...
Newcastle upon Tyne has been named Britain’s strongest major property investment location heading into 2027, outperforming Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester in a new study of 30 cities and investment markets.The Beyond Stays Group Property Investor Index 2026/27 ranked locations across England,...
Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman has said he remains committed to UN efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem after meeting Secretary-General António Guterres in New York (pictured top). Their talks followed conflicting claims about why a proposed meeting with Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christo...
Turkish Airlines has placed its largest order for Boeing single-aisle aircraft, agreeing to buy 100 737 MAX jets with options for a further 50.The agreement, announced in New York last week in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, covers 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft. It also allows th...
British driver George Russell won Saturday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix by just 0.196 seconds, holding off Max Verstappen in a thrilling finish on the streets of Baku. Isack Hadjar completed the podium for Red Bull.Russell (pictured top) had secured pole position for Mercedes and led throughout the race....
Beytullah Gündüz plotted to kill a man whose family he had accused of paying £100,000 to a rival gang, the Old Bailey heard.A senior member of the Hackney Bombacılar gang (dubbed the ‘Hackney Turks’ by British media) has been jailed for life for conspiring to murder a man who was shot outs...
Filmmaker Cey Sesiguzel is seeking £450,000 to expand Two Fresh Studios, an independent film company in London that is focused on stories with “Mediterranean roots and international appeal”.The British Turkish Cypriot filmmaker presented the company’s plans to a group of angel investors and business...
The “black box” from the Filo Jet passenger ferry that sank off Girne last month has finally been recovered, potentially giving investigators crucial new evidence about the circumstances leading to the disaster.TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel confirmed on Friday, 25 September, that the vessel’s Voyag...
A British businessman and his supermarket company have been evicted from a council-owned allotment in north London after the land was unlawfully converted into a commercial storage and access area.Suleyman Tekagac, director of Öncü Food Centre, and the company were ordered by Wandsworth County Court...
