The UK has its second council leader of Turkish Cypriot origin after Councillor Peray Ahmet mounted a successful leadership challenge against the current head of Haringey Labour Joseph Ejiofor. Ahmet beat Ejiofor – the leader of Haringey Council leader since 2018 – by a single vote, according to...
Somewhere on the internet is a graveyard of petitions for direct flights to North Cyprus. They all start with good intentions, and one last year even got a response from the British government, but they all die a premature death without making a material difference. Kadir Kanizi (pictured top) is...
Labour’s Ayten Güzel has won a local by-election for Southbury ward in the North London Borough of Enfield. Güzel beat six other candidates in the process, securing nearly 600 more votes than her nearest rival, Conservative candidate Patrick Drysdale. The election was called following the deat...
Justin Halabi (pictured top) continued his Conservative Party’s winning trend in England in the 6 May Elections, winning the by-election for Hatch Lane ward. The 23-year-old Conservative garnered just over half of all votes cast, beating three others in the by-election, while growing the Tory par...
The British government has today announced that Turkey is being added to its list of red category countries. The change in status, which will take effect from 4am on Wednesday 12 May, means entry into the UK is restricted to British or Irish nationals, and those with residence rights in the UK....
T-VINE puts the spotlight on Turkish heritage candidates standing in local and regional elections taking place across Britain on Thursday, 6 May. Of Turkish Cypriot origin, Suzanne Nuri-Nixon is currently a town and district councillor, and is now aiming to become a county councillor in Norfolk....
T-VINE puts the spotlight on Turkish heritage candidates standing in local and regional elections taking place across Britain on Thursday, 6 May. Of Turkish Cypriot descent, Justin Halabi is aiming to become a councillor in the northeast London Borough of Waltham Forest. Which election are you s...
The elusive search for a permanent solution to the 58-year-old Cyprus dispute continues, which first broke out in December 1963 when a Greek Cypriot coup brought the power-sharing partnership government of the Republic of Cyprus to an abrupt end. Earlier this week, Ersin Tatar, President of the T...
Direct passenger flights between Britain and Turkey are to restart after Turkish officials confirmed the Covid-19 restrictions on Britain have been lifted. The announcement, made on social media earlier this evening by the Turkish Embassy in London, was echoed by Bilal Ekşi, the Deputy Chairma...
A bakery where surfaces were swarming with fruit flies and the walls were mouldy has been shut down for its appalling hygiene. Waltham Forest Council officers, who visited on 17 March and took the business to court six days later, said it was “one of the worst-run food premises they had ever enco...
