The personal story of an Ottoman officer whose life encompassed displacement, war and the birth of modern Türkiye will be explored at an Anglo Turkish Society talk in London this November.Turkish author and researcher Can Çakır will present Memoirs of the Ottoman Major Kadri Bey through his Personal...
A medieval Anatolian poet and an Azerbaijani philanthropist provide the starting points for an evening exploring ideas, identity and cultural connections at Yunus Emre Institute London on Tuesday 13 October.The free event, From Yunus Emre to Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, brings together scholars and cultura...
UK Turkish Cypriot writer Tice Cin’s second novel, Safe Spaces, is out now, bringing together the worlds of electronic music, family and friendship in a story about finding a place to belong.Published by Granta Books on 10 September, the novel follows an unnamed young musician trying to make ends me...
British Turkish Cypriot filmmaker Serkan Nihat’s award-winning debut feature Exodus is returning to the big screen in North London next month, with a special screening at the Dugdale Arts Centre in Enfield on Thursday, 1 October.Presented by Talkies Community Cinema, the screening will also give aud...
Ahead of his performances at the Camden Fringe, acclaimed Turkish actor Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu will be at the Yunus Emre Institute in London for a special discussion about his fascinating new play DÜNYADA.Istanbul-born Nuroğlu is best known for his chilling portrayal of Vedat in television drama series...
Tice Cin will be at Foyles bookstore in central London this September to celebrate the publication of her second novel 'Safe Spaces' and talking to fellow award-winning author and radio presenter Emma Warren.In Safe Spaces, our unnamed narrator survives in London and Newark on a combination of...
Is Dede Korkut a historical figure or a fictional character? What is his significance to Türkiye? And how is this legendary sage, poet and musician of Turkic folklore connected to Saint George, England’s patron saint, and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, the patron saint and founder of the Armenian Ap...
Cypriots will have the chance to watch award-winning documentary The Divided Island about the Cyprus Conflict at a special screening in the capital Nicosia later this month. The event is being held at the Home for Co-operation, in Cyprus’ Buffer Zone, on Saturday, 20 September, and will include...
Acclaimed British Turkish Cypriot author Metin Murat’s highly anticipated second book, Meeting Sister, is released worldwide on Thursday, June 26, by Işık Kitabevi. This thrilling sequel to Metin’s debut book, The Crescent Moon Fox, brings the story into the new millennium as the adult children...
Halide Edib (1884-1964) is one of those figures whose life runs through the end of the Ottoman Empire to the first years of the Turkish republic.She was a writer, warrior and politician who fell out with Atatürk and spent the years 1925-1936 in exile abroad, mostly in England.Halide Edib’s father wa...
