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General Election 2024 results: Labour’s Nesil Caliskan makes history as first British female MP of Turkish Cypriot origin

Nesil Caliskan has been elected the new Member of Parliament for Barking. The Labour politician won with a healthy majority, beating her nearest rival by more than 11,000 votes.Her East London seat of Barking has been a Labour stronghold for the past three decades. Its former MP Margaret Hodge, 79,...

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Tennis player Sonay Kartal faces second seed Coco Gauff in third round of Wimbledon

A British tennis player of Turkish descent is through to the third round of the Ladies Singles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Sonay Kartal, who was ranked 298 for these Championships, beat France’s Clara Burel, who is ranked 42nd in the world, in the second round.The match, played on No. 3 Cou...

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Those with disabilities need to make their vote count at this General Election

On Thursday, 4 July, the UK goes to the polls to determine who our next government will be. As a proud British Turkish Cypriot and lifelong Conservative voter, ordinarily, my concerns would be on the economy, crime, and North Cyprus. However, this election my priorities have changed due to a chronic...

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Turkish Airlines wins 7 awards at Skytrax World Airline Awards 2024

Turkish Airlines has picked up seven awards at this year’s Skytrax World Airline Awards. They include Europe’s Best Airline and the World's Best Business Class Catering.Known as the ‘aviation Oscars’, Skytrax held its annual awards event at the luxury Fairmont Windsor Park, near London and Heathrow...

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Middlesex University offers “Turkish Cypriot engagement” after exclusion from Cyprus panel discussion

Complaints by human rights group Embargoed! to Middlesex University about its Law Department’s exclusion of Turkish Cypriot experts from a Cyprus human rights lecture back in March has led to an offer from the London-based university for “further engagement” and “recommendations for Turkish Cypriot...

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Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in the UK General Election

Those eligible in the United Kingdom have until thus Tuesday, 18 June to ensure they are registered to vote in the upcoming General Election.Most people should already be on the Electoral Register, but if you’ve recently moved, you may not yet be. You can check by contacting your Local Electoral Reg...

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General Election 2024: We say we Turkish Cypriots exist but do we really?

Rishi Sunak has sounded the klaxon for the General Election, which will take place on Thursday, 4 July 2024. Most political commentators see no way back for the Conservatives and their miserable period of government lasting 14 years is finally about to come to a crashing end.As much as I enjoy writi...

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General Election 2024: Could Labour’s trailblazing Nesil Caliskan become the first female Turkish Cypriot MP?

On Tuesday, the Labour Party announced that Nesil Caliskan would be its Parliamentary candidate for the upcoming General Election on 4 July 2024.The following day, Caliskan posted on X (formerly Twitter) that she was “honoured to be the Labour candidate for Barking” and that she would be “work hard...

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2018 CONIFA World Football Cup: a trip down memory lane with fans and organisers

Six years ago today, Enfield Town Football Club hosted the final of a very special tournament in London that featured teams from politically unrecognised nations.While not as prestigious or on as large a scale as its more mainstream FIFA counterpart, the Confederation of Independent Football Associa...

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General Election 2024: meet Ertan Karpazli, Enfield North’s independent parliamentary candidate

With less than a month to go until the UK General Election, something unusual is underway in Enfield North, where two candidates with Turkish connections are contesting the parliamentary seat.The London constituency’s main contender is Türkiye-born Feryal Demirci Clark who is currently running for h...

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