British Turkish members of the Conservative Party have called on the community to show their support for Iain Duncan Smith, who has made repeated calls for direct flights to North Cyprus. The group have arranged a solidarity day of canvassing with the MP for Chingford and Woodford Green on Saturd...
The Mayor of Istanbul will address British Turks in North London this evening, Thursday 14 November. Ekrem İmamoğlu arrived at Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, where he was greeted by members of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) UK branch. Tonight at 5.30pm, Mr İmamoğlu will take to the stage...
Restaurateur Ibrahim Dogus will contest the seat vacated by former Labour Party Deputy Leader Tom Watson. The founder of the British Kebab Awards is Labour’s candidate for West Bromwich East. Labour has a majority of 7,713 from the 2017 General Election, receiving 58% of all votes cast. Mr Watson...
This year marks one hundred years since the first two-minute silence was observed on Armistice Day, on 11 November 1919. At exactly 11am, the British nation will pause what they do for two minutes to pay our respects to our Armed Forces community, past and present. The day’s origins lie in the...
An East London councillor originally from Turkey has been selected to run as Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Enfield North in the upcoming General Election. Feryal Demirci Clark, a cabinet member in Hackney Council, could make history on 12 December in what is a relatively safe Labour seat b...
On Wednesday 30 October, MPs voted to hold an early election on 12 December. The vote gives the British public a chance to vote on the Brexit issue and much more. Indeed, many commentators regard the election to be the country’s most important in the post-war period. In its editorial on Tuesday,...
Thousands of Turks have become “Lords” and “Ladies” thanks to a scheme that allows them to buy tiny plots of land in Scotland in return for the titles. The figures were revealed by businessman Fırat Kurtoğlu, who told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency that he runs a company in Turkey that can arrange for l...
A MINISTER has warned British citizens living in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) about crossing south to the Greek Cypriot-controlled Republic of Cyprus if they have reached the island via an “illegal port of entry”, in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit. The Greek Cypriot administrat...
A chartered occupational psychologist will be using her extensive experience working with young people to generate greater understanding of the issues and solutions they need with employment in the capital. Of Turkish Cypriot heritage, Yeşim Guner sits on the panel of a seminar titled ‘Youth Empl...
For years it has been known in the West as the “Turkish bagel”, but not anymore. Simit – one of Turkey’s culinary staples – is now an official word in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). According to the OED’s online October update, “simit” is one of several new food and drink terms listed in th...
