The Metropolitan Police have made an appeal to London’s Turkish speaking communities following a shooting on Kingsland High Street in Dalston on Wednesday that left a young girl fighting for her life and three men injured.The 9-year-old girl remains in a critical condition after being hit in the dri...
For some, camping can seem like a daunting experience, but it can also be a lot of fun and help build confidence. That was the case for some British Turkish families from North London.Over the bank holiday weekend, the Turkish Women’s Philanthropic Association (TWPA) organised a camping trip for a g...
The Turkish Community Football Federation is one of the UK’s largest Turkish community organisations. Formed in 1976 and affiliated to the London Football Association, today the TCFF oversees two competitive leagues, veterans (for the over 35s) and youth teams, with footballers from not only Turkish...
The international isolation of Turkish Cypriots and their North Cyprus homeland will be raised in the British Parliament next month.Scottish Baroness Nosheena Shaheen Mobarik has tabled a question to Rishi Sunak’s government asking about the “Ending the isolation of northern Cyprus, particularly by...
In the corner of a large Cambridge cemetery lie a handful of overgrown graves of men who were wounded or fell at Gallipoli / Çanakkale during the First World War. That was the epic campaign won so brilliantly against global opposition by Turkiye’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.It was also f...
Turkish grocery courier Getir has confirmed it will be exiting from its international markets, including the UK, to focus on its core business in Turkiye, which accounts for the bulk of its revenue.Getir, which means “to bring” in Turkish, said that Western markets account for just 7% of its revenue...
The phrase ‘never off duty’ rang true for Acting Inspector Eren Emin of the Metropolitan Police and his fellow British police officers on a recent trip to Spain, as they intervened and apprehended a thief who was trying to rob a restaurant.The head of the Turkish Police Association (TPA) had jetted...
For most travellers Azerbaijan remains off the beaten track. Nestled between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, the country boasts mountains, serene landscapes, and a fascinating mix of medieval and modern in its capital city Baku.Last month, Azerbaijan’s national carrier Azerbaijan Airlines, or AZAL fo...
Two professional boxers from the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) were victorious in their British and Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) fights held at the Rich Energy Arena in Aberdeen at the end of March.Middleweight Sugar Atahasan took on Marty Kayes and won a unanimous points decision, while...
It’s not every day that bedtime stories get turned into a children’s book, but for one mother and daughter duo, that’s exactly what’s happened. London-based Çağrı Oral and her young daughter Zehra Aziz have just had their first book, The Little Girl With A Big Heart, published. The story, which...
