On Wednesday, the qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup get underway, with Azerbaijan, Turkey and all four home nations, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, all in action. Azerbaijan, Turkey, England, and Scotland face three opponents in the eight day schedule set aside for international...
Hundreds of people turned out for a peaceful protest in Bournemouth to demand justice following the tragic death of Mehmet Altun. The young boy, just thirteen years of age, died on 19 August from a suspected drugs overdose. Mehmet’s family, of Turkish Alevi origin from Sarız, a town in Kayseri, c...
Ambassador Çimen Keskin has taken up her new post as the London representative of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). In her first week, she has already met with the Turkish ambassador Ümit Yalçın, and President Ayşe Osman and Vice-President Kenan Nafi of the Council of Turkish Cypriot A...
The family of a young boy who tragically died of a suspected drugs overdose will march through Bournemouth town centre on Saturday calling for “justice”. Mehmet Altun,13, became seriously ill after going out to briefly meet friends at lunchtime on Thursday, 19 August. He came home tired about an...
Tens of thousands of Turks in Britain, Turkey and Cyprus will be bitterly disappointed that yet again the British government has opted to keep Turkey on its coronavirus Red list. The news came from Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport, who announced late this afternoon that the Unit...
Rhian Brewster has broken his Sheffield United duck, scoring the winning goal for Sheffield United in their Caraboa Cup victory against Carlisle. It was his first goal for the club since his transfer from Liverpool last summer. Brewster opened the scoring in the 24thminute of the game, putting aw...
Differences for those living in the north and south of Cyprus have come to the fore on multiple occasions during the coronavirus pandemic, and it does so again over the issue of Covid-19 vaccination certificates. With the United Kingdom choosing to keep Turkey on its high risk Red country list an...
For the second time in under a month, Feryal Clark, the Member of Parliament for Enfield North, has written to Grant Shapps asking why Turkey remains on the British Government’s Red list risk category for coronavirus. The Labour MP published her latest letter to the Transport Secretary on social...
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have announced a three-year partnership with Getir. The online grocery order and delivery platform becomes an ‘Official Global Partner’ of the North London club. Getir, which is Turkish for “bring”, provides an on-demand order service, guaranteeing to bring people...
Transport Minister Grant Shapps has announced the latest changes to Britain’s coronavirus travel list, with many countries moved into different risk categories, but there has been no change for Turkey, which remains on the highest Red list, infuriating British Turks. The revised travel list and e...
