T-VINE Magazine is providing live updates on the key developments following Sunday’s tragic Filo Jet passenger ferry disaster off the coast of Girne, which has claimed at least eight lives and left a further 20 people missing.Our ongoing coverage includes the search for those still unaccounted for,...
At least eight people have died and 18 remain missing after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized and sank shortly after leaving Girne in one of the worst maritime disasters in Cyprus in decades.A massive search-and-rescue operation involving Turkish Cypriot and Turkish ships, aircraft, hel...
An Open Letter to the President and Decision-Makers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Days after the French authorities approved the extradition warrant for a Lithuanian woman wanted by the Republic of Cyprus in connection with her work in the North Cyprus property sector, the Greek Cy...
Ali Gül Güneş, the pioneering British Turkish businessman affectionately known across London’s Turkish community as “Topal Ali”, has died aged 85.Güneş, who died on 14 August, was one of the best-known figures among the first generation of migrants from Turkiye to settle in Britain and played an imp...
Sibel Hodge acclaimed novelist, human rights advocate, and proud Turkish Cypriot, passed away on 21 August 2023, aged 52. Her loss was deeply felt by her family, friends, readers, and the many people whose lives she touched through her writing and charitable work.Born on 8 June 1971, Sibel was the d...
Hull City owner Acun Ilıcalı has described taking the Tigers into the Premier League as the greatest achievement of his business career, as his side prepares to start life back in the English top flight against Manchester United on Saturday.In a new BBC Radio Humberside interview released ahead of H...
At least 30 children, most of them British, may have been conceived at fertility clinics in North Cyprus using sperm or egg donors different from those selected by their parents, according to an expanding BBC investigation.The new figure represents a significant increase on the seven children w...
Highly respected British Turkish Cypriot chartered accountant and community figure Münir Tatar, whose distinguished career spanned more than four decades, has died at the age of 71.Mr Tatar passed away on the morning of Monday, 17 August 2026, prompting an outpouring of grief from family, friends, c...
A landmark new defence pact between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is being hailed as the possible beginning of a new regional security order, with some already dubbing it a “Muslim NATO”.The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince Moha...
It seems like only yesterday we were watching Arsenal parading their Premier League trophy along Holloway Road. Yet the new 2026/27 Premier League Season is just days away. The slate is wiped clean and excitement is building, with the transfer window in full motion. Record fees are being exchanged b...
