If you have not yet seen Tracey Emin: A Second Life at Tate Modern, make time for it now!This landmark exhibition, which closes on 31 August, is an absorbing, moving and at times devastating journey through six decades of one of Britain’s most distinctive artists – taking visitors from Emin’s turbul...
A fortnight ago, the 23rd Commonwealth Games held its closing ceremony having run for 11 days in host city Glasgow, from 23rd July to 2nd August. They were dubbed the ‘Ozempic’ Games after drastically slimming down the list of sports from 19 to 10. However, that reduction in sporting dis...
Türkiye-born computer scientist Koray Kavukcuoglu has been handed one of the most influential jobs in global technology, taking over the day-to-day leadership of Google DeepMind as the tech giant intensifies its race to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI).Google and Alphabet chief executiv...
Reform’s ‘Turkish Barbers Tip Line’ is not just racism. It’s a process of ‘othering’ with dangerous consequences. Reform’s Home Affairs Spokesman, Zia Yusuf, announced on Thursday that, if elected, his party would pay members of the public whose tip-offs about businesses employing illegal...
The warning signs appeared well before a ball was kicked. At the World Cup draw in Washington in December 2025, FIFA president Gianni Infantino presented US President Donald Trump with the inaugural 'FIFA Peace Prize - Football Unites the World'. The newly created award, and Infantino's very public...
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...
I recently watched new documentary The Divided Island. In fact, I saw it twice in one month. The highly acclaimed film has attracted a lot of interest from diverse media, including The Guardian, The Morning Star, and even The Church Times. Why has this film generated so much interest? One...
Conservative Party leadership contender Rishi Sunak said, in writing to the Conservative Friends of Cyprus, that the British Cypriot Community has “made a hugely positive contribution to the United Kingdom”. It is important this statement applies to the UK’s Turkish Cypriot community, equa...
Two photographs, two family tragedies. The first of these show a three-year-old girl, Ayşe, wiping tears off her grandmother’s face with a tissue, oblivious to the tragedy her family has just suffered. The grandmother, also called Ayşe, is shedding tears for her daughter, little Ayşe’s mum Sonya Kay...
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS Ladies, if you are after some fun and want to support a good cause, get yourselves a ticket to the Rauf Raif Denktaş Turkish School Ladies Night. Taking place at the Orpington branch of the stylish Hisa...
