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Groups stages of UEFA Champions League start, as teams vie to reach the final in Istanbul next June

The group stages of Europe’s premier club football competition, the Champions League, get underway this week. A total of 32 teams will compete, hoping to progress to the latter knockout stages, with the top two going on to play in the final at Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium on 10 June 2023. S...

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Urgent appeal to save 4-year-old leukaemia sufferer Dillan Ramsey-Aksehir

The parents of a toddler battling against blood cancer have made a desperate plea to the British public to help them find a bone marrow match. Four-year-old Dillan, who is half Turkish through his father, needs to have a transplant by October to increase his chances of survival. Dillan’s famil...

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“Kind and devoted” mother-of-one Yağmur Özden killed in Park Royal horror car crash

The woman killed in the A40 horror crash, in which the Range Rover she was travelling in ended up on a West London railway track, has been named as 33-year beautician Yağmur Özden (pictured, top). Yağmur was a back seat passenger in the vehicle that was travelling at high speed when the driver lo...

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Rishi Sunak’s Cyprus comments insult Turkish Cypriot loyalty to the Crown

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...

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Love Island’s new ‘it’ couple Ekin-de are hitting it big with huge brand deals and their own reality show

While ITV2’s Love Island is a show about finding love with a prize of £50k (which isn’t much in today’s economy), most contestants join for the possible brand deals and a chance at becoming influencers on social media. It seems the Turkish delight and Italian stallion have struck gold with their...

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Letters, We expect better from someone who aspires to lead this great nation, Mr Sunak

Dear T-VINE, Following on from your article about the one-sided position Rishi Sunak has taken over Cyprus, (‘Rishi Sunak accused of “anti-Turkish bias” after his letter on Cyprus made public’, 14 Aug. 2022), we would appreciate you publishing this open letter to Conservative Party leadership candid...

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BBC responds to criticisms about its “anti-Turkish” Cyprus 1974 coverage

The BBC has issued a statement regarding its coverage of the 1974 War in Cyprus on Monday, which has generated hundreds of complaints from Turkish Cypriots. The British state broadcaster accepted it “could have included more historic context in the TV piece to help the audience understand the story...

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Over 500 people complain to BBC about anti-Turkish broadcast on Cyprus 1974 anniversary

A campaign to protest the BBC’s one-sided, anti-Turkish coverage of the 1974 War in Cyprus on Monday has seen over 500 people write in to complain to the broadcaster in 24 hours. An online template letter, jointly produced by two British Turkish Cypriot activist groups, North Cyprus Exists and Yo...

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Fury as BBC broadcasts biased anti-Turkish news piece for Cyprus August 1974 anniversary

Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots have vented their anger online after BBC London broadcast a news clip for the anniversary of the 1974 War in Cyprus, which again vilified Turks. The 3-minute clip features an interview with a Cypriot family, thought to be Armenian, about how they fled war-torn Cyprus...

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Rishi Sunak accused of “anti-Turkish bias” after his letter on Cyprus made public

A week after airing controversial views that attacked civil liberties and vilified Muslims in Britain, Conservative leadership contender Rishi Sunak is embroiled in a new controversy. This time, the former Chancellor has been slammed by British Turkish Cypriots, who accuse him of “flagrant misinform...

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