Justin Halabi (pictured top) continued his Conservative Party’s winning trend in England in the 6 May Elections, winning the by-election for Hatch Lane ward. The 23-year-old Conservative garnered just over half of all votes cast, beating three others in the by-election, while growing the Tory par...
The British government has today announced that Turkey is being added to its list of red category countries. The change in status, which will take effect from 4am on Wednesday 12 May, means entry into the UK is restricted to British or Irish nationals, and those with residence rights in the UK....
T-VINE puts the spotlight on Turkish heritage candidates standing in local and regional elections taking place across Britain on Thursday, 6 May. Of Turkish Cypriot origin, Suzanne Nuri-Nixon is currently a town and district councillor, and is now aiming to become a county councillor in Norfolk....
T-VINE puts the spotlight on Turkish heritage candidates standing in local and regional elections taking place across Britain on Thursday, 6 May. Of Turkish Cypriot descent, Justin Halabi is aiming to become a councillor in the northeast London Borough of Waltham Forest. Which election are you s...
The elusive search for a permanent solution to the 58-year-old Cyprus dispute continues, which first broke out in December 1963 when a Greek Cypriot coup brought the power-sharing partnership government of the Republic of Cyprus to an abrupt end. Earlier this week, Ersin Tatar, President of the T...
Direct passenger flights between Britain and Turkey are to restart after Turkish officials confirmed the Covid-19 restrictions on Britain have been lifted. The announcement, made on social media earlier this evening by the Turkish Embassy in London, was echoed by Bilal Ekşi, the Deputy Chairma...
A bakery where surfaces were swarming with fruit flies and the walls were mouldy has been shut down for its appalling hygiene. Waltham Forest Council officers, who visited on 17 March and took the business to court six days later, said it was “one of the worst-run food premises they had ever enco...
A press release issued by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) to remind Britain’s Turkish speaking communities to complete the Census has infuriated Turkish Cypriots after they were omitted. Turkish Cypriots make up the largest and oldest of the UK’s diverse Turkish speaking communities. Yet...
Tuesday marks the start of Ramadan, or Ramazan in Turkish, for most of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims. This holiest of months is when the Ku’ran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammed. Each year, Muslims go through their own spiritual reawakening. For the next thirty days, all healthy Mus...
The presidents of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus have extended their condolences to Queen Elizabeth II, her family and the people of Britain following the passing of Prince Philip earlier today. The Royal Family announced the death of the prince just after midday. The short state...
