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Family donates organs to five Britons after Sakine Teyze dies following Dalston collision

A 56-year-old Turkish woman involved in a serious collision with a cyclist on Kingsland High Road, East London, on Tuesday 28 August, has lost her fight for life. Sakine Tezerdi passed away at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel a few days after the accident. After a memorial service at the...

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Turkish belly dancer Tevec stars in UEFA’s promo clip for Friday’s Turkey v Russia match

It’s not every day when you get an invitation from UEFA to help promote a new tournament, but that’s exactly what happened to South London-born Turkish Cypriot belly dancer Tevec Ibrahim. This week, Europe’s football body is launching a new UEFA Nations tournament to give a competitive edge to no...

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Enfield Town FC Football School for children starts this Saturday, all welcome!

If you live in the Enfield area and want your kids to have fun and keep fit at the same time, Enfield Town Football Club’s weekly Football School is ideal! The Football School takes place every Saturday morning, and is open to primary school children aged four and eleven years old, both boys and...

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Young Turkish male found shot dead in Tottenham Cemetery on Monday morning

Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally shot in Tottenham Cemetery, North London. Armed officers, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) and London Ambulance Service (LAS) attended after police were called to the cemetery at just before 8am on Monday, 3 September. T...

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Police appeal for witnesses after Turkish woman in Dalston 'hit and run' fights for life

A 56-year-old woman remains critically ill in hospital after colliding with a cyclist on Kingsland High Road, East London, on Tuesday, 28 August. The police were called at approximately 5pm following reports of a road traffic accident involving a pedestrian, who was hit as she attempted to cross...

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UK travellers: visit somewhere new this autumn with Pegasus Airlines

There are bargains to be had for UK travellers seeking to get away this autumn. Flying out from London Stansted up to five times a day, Pegasus Airlines is offering an “inspiring range of destinations” via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport. With one-way flights from London as low as £114.99, passeng...

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Conservative councillor suspended after offensive Facebook posts calling Turks “barbarians”

  A newly elected councillor for the North London Borough of Enfield has been suspended by his local Conservative Party pending an investigation following hateful posts about Turks on Facebook. On 20 July, Stephanos Ioannou, a councillor for Southgate, shared the controversial 1974 front...

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Obituary: Kelami Dedezade – a tireless advocate for education (1952-2018)

  “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” said Nelson Mandela and indeed the same can be attributed to Kelami Dedezade, who passed away on the 13 July 2018. Dedezade was a huge believer that education is the only tool to make a difference in society....

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Turkish entrepreneurs to launch legal challenge against the UK Home Office

  Turkish entrepreneurs who set up businesses in the UK under rights provided to them through the European Communities Association Agreement (ECAA, commonly known as the Ankara Agreement) are preparing to launch a legal challenge against the UK’s Home Office. Until 16 March 2018, Turkish...

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Young Enfield councillor Tolga Aramaz critically injured in Ibiza

A young British Turkish councillor was seriously injured after plummeting from a second-floor apartment block in Ibiza. Tolga Aramaz, 23, the representative for Edmonton Green, was admitted into hospital in the early hours of Friday morning. He remains in intensive care, although friends and fami...

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