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British Turks pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as world leaders gather in London for her funeral

When Turkish restauranteur Hüseyin Özer left a wreath at Green Park last week in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II, he described her as “the mother of the nation” and said the Queen’s passing had made him “as sad as losing my own mother”. His red and white wreath, in the shape of the Turkish...

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Turkish homeware brand Karaca to present award-winning Hussein Chalayan collaboration at Design London

One of Turkiye’s most exciting contemporary brands, Karaca, will be appearing at the upcoming four-day Design London exhibition in Greenwich, alongside other cutting edge interior brands from around the world. The homeware brand recently collaborated with globally renowned British Turkish Cypriot...

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Turkiye, Cyprus and Islam: 5 fascinating facts about Britain’s new monarch, King Charles III

Last Saturday, Charles, the eldest son of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, was proclaimed King in a ceremony at St James’s Palace, which was televised to the world in an historic first. Buckingham Palace had confirmed the death of The Queen at her home in Balmoral on the afternoon of Thursday, 8...

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Turkish florists pulling out all the stops to meet massive demand following Queen’s death

Planes have been substituted for lorries as florists in Antalya and Isparta regions rush to meet the huge demand for flowers following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The British public have responded to the passing of their sovereign, who reigned for seventy years, by laying flowers in key publ...

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Britain’s longest serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II has died

Britain is in mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, earlier today. The Royal Family released a statement confirming the British Head of State had died peacefully at her estate in Balmoral, Scotland, on Thursday afternoon aged 96. The Queen came to t...

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Groups stages of UEFA Champions League start, as teams vie to reach the final in Istanbul next June

The group stages of Europe’s premier club football competition, the Champions League, get underway this week. A total of 32 teams will compete, hoping to progress to the latter knockout stages, with the top two going on to play in the final at Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium on 10 June 2023. S...

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Urgent appeal to save 4-year-old leukaemia sufferer Dillan Ramsey-Aksehir

The parents of a toddler battling against blood cancer have made a desperate plea to the British public to help them find a bone marrow match. Four-year-old Dillan, who is half Turkish through his father, needs to have a transplant by October to increase his chances of survival. Dillan’s famil...

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“Kind and devoted” mother-of-one Yağmur Özden killed in Park Royal horror car crash

The woman killed in the A40 horror crash, in which the Range Rover she was travelling in ended up on a West London railway track, has been named as 33-year beautician Yağmur Özden (pictured, top). Yağmur was a back seat passenger in the vehicle that was travelling at high speed when the driver lo...

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Rishi Sunak’s Cyprus comments insult Turkish Cypriot loyalty to the Crown

Conservative Party leadership contender Rishi Sunak said, in writing to the Conservative Friends of Cyprus, that the British Cypriot Community has “made a hugely positive contribution to the United Kingdom”. It is important this statement applies to the UK’s Turkish Cypriot community, equa...

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Letters, We expect better from someone who aspires to lead this great nation, Mr Sunak

Dear T-VINE, Following on from your article about the one-sided position Rishi Sunak has taken over Cyprus, (‘Rishi Sunak accused of “anti-Turkish bias” after his letter on Cyprus made public’, 14 Aug. 2022), we would appreciate you publishing this open letter to Conservative Party leadership candid...

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