The six-member girl group will perform their first British concert this autumn, following a rapid rise in Türkiye and growing international streaming success.Turkish pop sensation Manifest will be live in London at OVO Arena Wembley on Friday 16 October 2026. Manifesto will become only the second Tu...
From teenage Labour activist and Cabinet minister to “King of the North”, Andy Burnham has taken a long and sometimes winding route to 10 Downing Street. Here are ten key facts about the man who became Britain’s new Prime Minister on 20 July 2026.1. His return to Westminster was remarkably swiftAt t...
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has congratulated Andy Burham for becoming the new British Prime Minister (PM). In the letter to PM Burnham, the Azerbaijani leader emphasised “the comprehensive development of Azerbaijan-United Kingdom relations based on rich and good traditions”, inc...
The United Nations has announced today that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be travelling to Cyprus at the end of the month to help advance negotiations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots to reunite the island. Rumours about a possible Guterres visit had been circulating for the past we...
Thousands of people flocked to this year’s Turkish Cypriot cultural festival on the Donkey Lane playing fields in Enfield, North London, and once again they left with smiles and happy memories.Now a firm feature in the British Turkish social calendar following its first event back in 2017, the festi...
Two men have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison over the killing of London resident Hüseyin Mavideniz outside a nightclub in İskele, North Cyprus, three years ago.The Famagusta Assize Court found Mehmet Yazıcı and Doğu Ömer Alçıner guilty of manslaughter, causing grievous bodily harm and seri...
Turkish tennis star Zeynep Sönmez made her presence felt at Wimbledon this summer, combining an impressive opening-round victory with a discreet but powerful gesture of support for the Palestinian people that has put her firmly in the international spotlight.The 24-year-old Turkish number one arrive...
We’re a week away this year’s Turkish Cypriot Festival, which again returns to the Donkey Lane site in Enfield, North London. Now firmly embedded in the British Turkish social calendar, this annual event is organised by the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (CTCA) UK.If you’re a newcomer to th...
Republican Turkish Party leader Tufan Erhürman has defeated incumbent President Ersin Tatar by almost 27 percentage points, securing enough support to win the presidency outright in the first round.Centre-left politician Tufan Erhürman has been elected the new President of the Turkish Republic of No...
Cypriots will have the chance to watch award-winning documentary The Divided Island about the Cyprus Conflict at a special screening in the capital Nicosia later this month. The event is being held at the Home for Co-operation, in Cyprus’ Buffer Zone, on Saturday, 20 September, and will include...
