All across Britain there are ongoing efforts to raise vital funds to offer relief to millions of Turks and Syrians affected by the two devastating earthquakes that struck Turkiye on 6 February. Among those seeking to help is the Mayor of Southwark, Councillor Sunil Chopra, who has announced that hi...
A British Turkish Cypriot businessman and activist is standing to be a local councillor in Tottenham, North London. Allen Windsor is the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the upcoming by-election in Tottenham Hale ward, which is being held this Thursday, 9 March. The election was called after a Labo...
Turkish staff at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are hoping to raise three quarters of a million pounds to help their compatriots overcome the devastating impact of two catastrophic earthquakes that hit Turkiye a fortnight ago. In the early hours of Monday, 6 February,...
One of the most significant personalities from the British Turkish Cypriot community, Fikret Derviş, has passed away aged 86 years old. Derviş, a former President of the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (UK), had been struggling with ill-health for the past few years. He had been in a care h...
A young British Turkish Cypriot student has run 70km in a single day in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for the victims of the massive earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria last week. On Friday, 17 February, Celine Akiner took to the streets of London to run an Ultramarathon, which is slightly l...
A petition has been launched to create a Turkish Family Scheme visa for people made homeless as a result of the devastating earthquake in Turkiye that has killed thousands and left many more displaced. Çağla Derviş launched her online petition to the UK Government and Parliament within a few days o...
A week on from the devastating twin earthquakes that hit Turkiye’s southeast and northwest Syria, and the scale of the devastation has become far more acute. Türkiye and Syria were hit by 7.8 Richter magnitude earthquake in the early hours of 6 February 2023, with its epicentre near the Turkish ci...
Shacklewell Lane Mosque, in East London, will hold a “night of prayer and reflection” in memory of all those who have lost their lives in the devastating earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria.It takes place on Friday, 17 February, which this year falls on Miraç Kandil Gecesi (Lailat al Miraj) – a holy ni...
Hundreds of people came to pay their respects to Özkan Hasan at Palmers Green Mosque, North London, on Sunday, 5 February, ahead of his body being repatriated to North Cyprus where he will be buried. The iconic guitarist, who was a central figure in the entertainment scene of Turkish London in the...
British Turks have been present in the UK for over a hundred years, yet we have only had a handful of people in the Houses of Parliament whose immediate roots hail from Turkiye or North Cyprus. Perhaps the best known – and most senior – Parliamentarian of Turkish Muslim origin is Baroness Meral Hus...
