Egyptian football superstar Mohamed Salah has arrived in Türkiye to complete a sensational move to Trabzonspor following the end of his trophy-laden nine-year spell at Liverpool.The 34-year-old landed at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport on Wednesday wearing Trabzonspor’s distinctive claret-and-blue colour...
Presented by British Turkish Cypriot journalist Mert Ahmet, the testimony-led film follows 12 survivors through three turbulent decades of violence, displacement and loss on the divided Mediterranean island.A powerful new documentary recounting the Cyprus conflict through the experiences of Turkish...
British Turkish Cypriot judoka Acelya Toprak has been crowned Commonwealth champion after winning gold for England in the women’s under-57kg competition at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.The South London athlete went one better than at Birmingham 2022, where she had to settle for silver, to sec...
Barking MP Nesil Caliskan has left her junior ministerial role at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government after serving for just over two months.Caliskan, of Turkish Cypriot descent and a former leader of Enfield Council, was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on 12 M...
The six-member girl group will perform their first British concert this autumn, following a rapid rise in Türkiye and growing international streaming success.Turkish pop sensation Manifest will be live in London at OVO Arena Wembley on Friday 16 October 2026. Manifesto will become only the second Tu...
From teenage Labour activist and Cabinet minister to “King of the North”, Andy Burnham has taken a long and sometimes winding route to 10 Downing Street. Here are ten key facts about the man who became Britain’s new Prime Minister on 20 July 2026.1. His return to Westminster was remarkably swiftAt t...
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has congratulated Andy Burham for becoming the new British Prime Minister (PM). In the letter to PM Burnham, the Azerbaijani leader emphasised “the comprehensive development of Azerbaijan-United Kingdom relations based on rich and good traditions”, inc...
The pair say they were punished for their outspoken criticism of Israel, while supporters of the decision accuse them of promoting antisemitic ideas and extremist rhetoric. The controversy has divided Jewish organisations, politicians and free-speech campaigners.Two of America’s best-known Turkish-o...
Thousands of people flocked to this year’s Turkish Cypriot cultural festival on the Donkey Lane playing fields in Enfield, North London, and once again they left with smiles and happy memories.Now a firm feature in the British Turkish social calendar following its first event back in 2017, the festi...
Two men have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison over the killing of London resident Hüseyin Mavideniz outside a nightclub in İskele, North Cyprus, three years ago.The Famagusta Assize Court found Mehmet Yazıcı and Doğu Ömer Alçıner guilty of manslaughter, causing grievous bodily harm and seri...
