The countdown has begun for this year’s British Kebab Awards where dozens of kebab outlets from across the United Kingdom will be aiming to win one of the 20 coveted titles up for grabs, including Chef of the Year, Best Takeaway, and Best Newcomer.Sponsored by Just Eat, each year this hotly anticipa...
A British Turkish Cypriot film director has set out to do what has rarely been done before: to produce a balanced and comprehensive account of the Cyprus conflict.Arriving in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the 1974 War, Cey Sesigüzel’s new 90-minute film The Divided Island uses archive footage...
Formed in 2018 by Eda Ayyildiz, Ceyhun Sesiguzel and Emre Gurler, the BTCP is on a mission “to improve and expand the social and professional lives of British Turkish Cypriot professionals in the UK.”The BTCP team have already hosted multiple events that have the perfect mix of socialising with busi...
Details for this year’s Turkish Community Art Exhibition have been announced by the Yunus Emre Institute in London, who are behind this excellent annual celebration of British Turkish art – anyone wishing to participate has just two weeks to submit their details!Now in its sixth year, the Turkish Co...
Ever since its launch in 2017, the Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival in North London has become an important annual fixture in the British Turkish social calendar.With its live music, DJs, comedy sketches, folk dancing, delicious food and drinks, craft and community group stalls, children’s face pai...
Hundreds of Turkish basketball fans will be heading to Stratford’s Copper Box Arena on Wednesday night to cheers on Beşiktaş Emlakjet Istanbul as they take on the London Lions in the EuroCup.When these two sides met in their first leg on 15 November, it was the Lions who edged it, winning 80-83. The...
Kemi Badenoch returned from a visit to Turkiye optimistic the UK could further strengthen bilateral trade ties with Turkiye following a raft of positive meetings and announcements.The British Business and Trade Secretary met with her Turkish counterpart, Minister for Trade Ömer Bolat, and also visit...
The Government has announced its intention to ban new burials at Tottenham Park Cemetery, except for previously reserved graves.Tottenham Park Cemetery is full. Two Ministry of Justice reports have now confirmed this. From having an original capacity of 6,500 in 1912, when the cemetery was first ope...
The UK’s largest burial ground for British Turks, Tottenham Park Cemetery, is set to close after owners were found to have “repeatedly failed to make necessary improvements to ensure the safety of burials.”The decision to close the privately-owned North London cemetery was announced today by the Min...
A host of celebrities, including singers Robbie Williams and Haluk Levent and actors Tamer Hassan and John Hannah, have publicly backed the families of Isias Hotel victims, demanding answers as to why the hotel collapsed and justice for the victims as the trial into their deaths got underway in Turk...
