The countdown has begun to the UK’s biggest Turkish Cypriot festival, which again returns to the aptly named Donkey Lane (Karpaz’s wild donkeys are the national animal of North Cyprus) playing fields in Enfield, North London, for some family-friendly fun on Sunday, 30 June 2023. This now firmly est...
Those eligible in the United Kingdom have until thus Tuesday, 18 June to ensure they are registered to vote in the upcoming General Election. Most people should already be on the Electoral Register, but if you’ve recently moved, you may not yet be. You can check by contacting your Local Electoral R...
Rishi Sunak has sounded the klaxon for the General Election, which will take place on Thursday, 4 July 2024. Most political commentators see no way back for the Conservatives and their miserable period of government lasting 14 years is finally about to come to a crashing end. As much as I enjoy wri...
On Tuesday, the Labour Party announced that Nesil Caliskan would be its Parliamentary candidate for the upcoming General Election on 4 July 2024. The following day, Caliskan posted on X (formerly Twitter) that she was “honoured to be the Labour candidate for Barking” and that she would be “work har...
Six years ago today, Enfield Town Football Club hosted the final of a very special tournament in London that featured teams from politically unrecognised nations.While not as prestigious or on as large a scale as its more mainstream FIFA counterpart, the Confederation of Independent Football Associa...
With less than a month to go until the UK General Election, something unusual is underway in Enfield North, where two candidates with Turkish connections are contesting the parliamentary seat. The London constituency’s main contender is Türkiye-born Feryal Demirci Clark who is currently running for...
The Metropolitan Police have made an appeal to London’s Turkish speaking communities following a shooting on Kingsland High Street in Dalston on Wednesday that left a young girl fighting for her life and three men injured. The 9-year-old girl remains in a critical condition after being hit in the d...
For some, camping can seem like a daunting experience, but it can also be a lot of fun and help build confidence. That was the case for some British Turkish families from North London. Over the bank holiday weekend, the Turkish Women’s Philanthropic Association (TWPA) organised a camping trip for a...
The Turkish Community Football Federation is one of the UK’s largest Turkish community organisations. Formed in 1976 and affiliated to the London Football Association, today the TCFF oversees two competitive leagues, veterans (for the over 35s) and youth teams, with footballers from not only Turkish...
The international isolation of Turkish Cypriots and their North Cyprus homeland will be raised in the British Parliament next month. Scottish Baroness Nosheena Shaheen Mobarik has tabled a question to Rishi Sunak’s government asking about the “Ending the isolation of northern Cyprus, particularly b...
