London’s Turkish football community will come together this Sunday for the traditional season-opening Community Shield, which this year will be played in memory of the late Turkish Cypriot businessman Münir Tatar.Organised by the Turkish Community Football Federation (TCFF), the match will see reign...
Dozens of people have been detained across Türkiye in a major police operation targeting LGBT organisations and activists, prompting fresh concern over human rights and the increasingly restrictive climate for civil society in the country.At least 47 people were detained in coordinated raids over th...
Türkiye and Bulgaria are pressing ahead with plans for a new border checkpoint exclusively for heavy goods vehicles in an effort to relieve chronic congestion at Kapıkule–Kapitan Andreevo, one of the world’s busiest land crossings.Officials from the two neighbouring countries inspected the proposed...
North Cyprus Prime Minister Ünal Üstel has reshuffled his Cabinet, bringing former premier Faiz Sucuoğlu and veteran politician Hasan Taçoy back into government.The changes, confirmed in the TRNC Official Gazette on Friday, 11 September, see Sucuoğlu appointed Minister of Public Works and Transport,...
The Turkish Republic of North Cyprus is heading towards a major double election this December, with voters expected to choose both a new parliament and their local representatives on the same day under newly changed voting rules.The Local Elections are scheduled for Sunday, 6 December 2026, with the...
Turkish Cypriot entertainment venue La Nouba has accused international festival giant EXIT of an “unjustified breach of contract” over its unilateral withdrawal from a major music event in North Cyprus, and has warned it could seek substantial financial compensation over the cancellation.The strongl...
A senior Azerbaijani diplomat in London has accused The Guardian of presenting a misleading and one-sided picture of the former Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict in its review of a new documentary about Karabakh.Günel Salimova, Counsellor at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London, challenged the newspap...
Britain’s new Ambassador to Türkiye, Jennifer Anderson CMG, has formally taken up her post after presenting her credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara.Ambassador Anderson presented her letter of credence to President Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex on Tuesday, 8 Septembe...
Türkiye international Arda Güler has received UEFA’s Champions League Revelation of the Season award, recognising the Real Madrid midfielder as one of the outstanding breakthrough players of the 2025-26 campaign.The 21-year-old was presented with the trophy at the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday, 8 Sep...
A convicted criminal who had evaded the Turkish authorities for more than eight years has finally been caught in Istanbul after dramatically changing his appearance and allegedly living as a woman while using his sister’s identity.Tuğrul Başar was detained in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district on Sunday, 6...
