Britain has updated its official travel advice for LGBT+ visitors to Türkiye following the country’s sweeping raids on LGBT organisations and activists, as protests against the crackdown spread to more than 50 cities worldwide and over 450 civil society groups issued a joint condemnation.The Foreign...
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have held their first face-to-face meeting, with trade, defence, Gaza, Ukraine and Cyprus among the issues discussed.The two leaders met in New York on Tuesday, 22 September, on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations Ge...
An Enfield man has been ordered to pay £1,850 after being prosecuted by the council for failing to prevent his German Shepherd from repeatedly barking and disturbing neighbours.Yasar Mustafa, 39, from the EN3 area of Enfield, was investigated by Enfield Council’s environmental health team following...
The first international football break since this summer’s World Cup gets under way this week, with Azerbaijan, Türkiye and the four UK home nations all back in action.This autumn’s opening international window is longer than usual, running from 21 September to 6 October after the traditional Septem...
Acclaimed British Turkish novelist Elif Shafak has been named the winner of the 2026 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness on Cultural Heritage, recognising her contribution to celebrating Europe’s cultural heritage through literature and storytelling.The annual award, esta...
More than 100 people gathered in central London for a special screening of DISPLACED: A Turkish Cypriot Story, followed by a Q&A with the documentary’s creators.The event, held at the Soho Hotel on Friday, 18 September, came just over a month after the testimony-led film was released and attract...
Former Haringey deputy leader says message urging demonstrators to make ‘as much noise as we can’ raises fresh questions following alleged intimidation of women attending council meetingTurkish Cypriot campaigner and former Haringey Labour deputy leader Emine Ibrahim (pictured top) has called for a...
A cross-party group of 52 British parliamentarians has urged the UK Government to intervene over Türkiye’s escalating crackdown on LGBT people and organisations, calling on Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to condemn the detentions, raise the issue directly with Ankara and consider summoning the Turkis...
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...
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...
