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Turkish Cypriot named among victims of Westminster attack

  One of the victims of Wednesday's London terror attack has been named as Aysha Frade, a 43-year-old British woman of Spanish-Turkish Cypriot heritage. The mother-of-two was born in Britain to a Spanish mother and Turkish Cypriot father. Her husband John Frade is of Portuguese origin. Ay...

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Turkish café opposite Arsenal stadium fined £2K for false food hygiene claim

  A North London café must pay out thousands of pounds after it falsely claimed to have a top food hygiene rating when its actual rating was much lower. Action was taken by Islington Council after Veli’s Café, opposite Arsenal’s Emirates stadium, was caught by its trading standards office...

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Save the date for first ‘Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival’ in June

  The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA UK), or KONSEY as it is more commonly known, is gearing up to one of its biggest ever events this summer. On Sunday 25 June, they will be hosting the Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival at the Chingford Rugby Club in East London. This a...

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Jewish-Turkish Cypriot relations take a step forward 

  Senior members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BDBJ) met with the TRNC London Representative for the first time yesterday. TRNC ambassador Zehra Başaran and Esra Emin, a TRNC diplomat, hosted BDBJ’s chief executive Gillian Merron and David Walsh, the body’s international relat...

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Tough new penalties: when you can and can’t use your mobile phone or sat nav when driving

  As of March 1, anyone caught using their handheld mobile phone while driving will receive a £200 penalty and six points on their licence. It doubles the previous punishment of a £100 fine and a three-point penalty. Any motorist caught committing the same offence twice will automatically...

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The Meze Bexleyheath, Skewd, and Tarshish among the winners at this year's British Kebab Awards

  The kebab – a national dish of Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, and now Britain it seems – was lavished with praise and its protagonists honoured at the 5th annual British Kebab Awards. Sponsored by Just Eat, the plush ceremony was held at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in Central London on Sunda...

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Turkish champion fighter 'The Hun' in Budo Fighting Championships title bout next weekend

  A former MMA (mixed martial arts) champion will be back in action at the Budo Fighting Championships 18 MMA show in Reading on Saturday 4th March 2017. Londoner Sami Berik, better know as ‘The Hun’, will be fighting Shah “No Pain” Hussain at welterweight division 77kg main event. There...

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Who will be Britain’s new kebab kings? 

On Sunday, the great and the good from the nation’s kebab industry will come together for the 5th British Kebab Awards. The event, this year hosted by BBC Radio 1 presenters Chris Stark and Scott Mills, is an opportunity to recognise the UK’s high achievers, from Best Chef, to the Best Newcomer, and...

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Turkish supermarket slapped with record fine for fly-tipping in Epping Forest

The business owners and store manager of a supermarket in Enfield were ordered to pay fines totalling £23,430 after being found guilty of illegally dumping waste in Epping Forest. The record fine was issued after a large amount of rubbish from Elvan Food Centre was discovered in the forest’s Bury Ro...

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Dr Erol Kaymak on CEFTUS panel to debate Cyprus at Westminster

As Cyprus’ two Presidents inch closer to a permanent solution to the 53-year-old conflict, British think tank CEFTUS invites two experts from the divided island to discuss the current round of talks at two separate Westminster events. Dr Erol Kaymak is the Chair of the Department of Political Sci...

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