United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has confirmed that the two Cypriot leaders have failed to progress enough to warrant 5+1 meetings – or even 3+1 – on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week. No-one is surprised. Just as he stated after his visit to C...
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...
Racism is an enduring scourge that has afflicted humanity for centuries. The simple definition of racism is: “Prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior”. Racism is perpetrated by individuals as w...
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...
A fortnight ago, the 23rd Commonwealth Games held its closing ceremony having run for 11 days in host city Glasgow, from 23rd July to 2nd August. They were dubbed the ‘Ozempic’ Games after drastically slimming down the list of sports from 19 to 10. However, that reduction in sporting dis...
Reform’s ‘Turkish Barbers Tip Line’ is not just racism. It’s a process of ‘othering’ with dangerous consequences. Reform’s Home Affairs Spokesman, Zia Yusuf, announced on Thursday that, if elected, his party would pay members of the public whose tip-offs about businesses employing illegal...
The warning signs appeared well before a ball was kicked. At the World Cup draw in Washington in December 2025, FIFA president Gianni Infantino presented US President Donald Trump with the inaugural 'FIFA Peace Prize - Football Unites the World'. The newly created award, and Infantino's very public...
I recently watched new documentary The Divided Island. In fact, I saw it twice in one month. The highly acclaimed film has attracted a lot of interest from diverse media, including The Guardian, The Morning Star, and even The Church Times. Why has this film generated so much interest? One...
It was a scorching day in 2006. England was playing in the World Cup. If I remember correctly, it was a Saturday.I was at work at our fish and chip and kebab shop, located just north of London. I knew we would get a massive rush of customers at half time from the pub, so we all prepared for that.It...
I’m a Londoner of mixed Turkish and Turkish Cypriot descent, who has lived in the London Borough of Barnet for twenty years.Like many other British Turks inside and outside of this north London borough, I have seen my local authority’s relentless anti-Turkish and anti-Turkish Cypriot bias over many...
