The 28th edition of the Turkiye-Germany Film Festival has just concluded, with this year’s big prize going to Zeki Demirkubuz's film Hayat [Life], which won Best Feature Film. Demirkubuz, who wrote, produced and directed the film, also won the Grand Jury Prize.His film Hayat is a hard-hitting drama...
The Yunus Emre Institute London is taking their educational project ‘Karagöz & Hacivat’ to south London to Mountview in Peckham later this month. The project allows students from diverse backgrounds the chance to learn about this traditional form of Turkish culture, while being entertained at th...
The annual Turkish Community Art Exhibition is back for its sixth year and is now open for viewing at the Yunus Emre Institute in London.The multi-disciplinary exhibition, which features a variety of art works including paintings, drawings, photography and sculptures, was opened for public on 5 Marc...
Life is a journey but what exactly do we discover on this road and more importantly, how well do we know ourselves?Actor Fırat Tanış brings to life this intriguing story about love, life, brotherhood, separation, and reunion, narrated from mountaintops, watersides, and fields.It is a tale for all ti...
Saban Kazim is half English, half Turkish Cypriot, and 100% Lewisham. The South Londoner has been gigging since 2010, performing at venues including The Comedy Store, The Comedy Cafe, Top Secret Comedy, Downstairs At The Kings Head and The Backyard Comedy Club to name a few.He has picked up a fair f...
Chroma – from Greek khrōma – measures the intensity of colour, meaning that the most chromatically intense colours are completely free from white and grey. Colours, in their pure form, have a potential to communicate extremes of thought and emotion.From Renaissance to Abstract Expressionism, artists...
One of Turkiye’s biggest musical exports in recent years is dance music producer Mahmut Orhan. The Turkish star hit the big time with his 2016 global smash hit Feel, featuring Sena Sener, with the striking video filmed in Istanbul.The uplifting song has amassed over half a billion streams on YouTube...
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Turkish Supplementary School is hosting a special Turkish Cultural Event in conjunction with the Yunus Emre Institute London this Saturday, 2 March.Akin to a mini indoor festival, the three hour event will encompass traditional folk music and dancing, storytelling based on the...
One of the hottest tickets for Turkish London this year will undoubtedly be Sagopa Kajmer’s concert. The celebrated hip-hop artist is live at Camden’s iconic Electric Ballroom this spring and first release tickets have already sold out!Behind hits such as “Bir Pesimistin Gözyaşları,” “366.Gün”, “Ney...
Classical music lovers will know that Franz Liszt’s piano transcription of Beethoven’s Symphony No 3 “Eroica” is both technically and musically very demanding for the performer.Birsen Ulucan’s performance, a free concert in the heart of London in mid-March offers a rare opportunity to hear this grea...
