The pressure continues to pile on to the Metropolitan Police about its use of offensive training material on a course for new detectives, after the leaders of Enfield and Haringey Councils, Nesil Caliskan and Peray Ahmet, complained about the “negative racial stereotyping of people of Turkish heritage”. The pair’s letter follows serious complaints raised by […]
Labour’s Ayten Güzel has won a local by-election for Southbury ward in the North London Borough of Enfield. Güzel beat six other candidates in the process, securing nearly 600 more votes than her nearest rival, Conservative candidate Patrick Drysdale. The election was called following the death of long-serving Labour ward councillor Chris Bond in July […]
The Sunday Times newspaper has apologised for a story that described Turkish-speaking councillors in the north London borough of Enfield as a “clan” and that accused its leader, Nesil Çalışkan, of nepotism. The paper has also agreed to pay a “considerable sum of money in legal costs”, Cllr Çalışkan said on Sunday, after she launched […]
A major regeneration programme in Enfield, North London, which will eventually see the creation of 10,000 new homes is “back on track”, the borough’s leader has said. Labour’s Nesil Çalışkan, who is of Turkish Cypriot ethnicity, made the comments after Enfield Council named Galliford Try as the developers for the first phase of the Meridian […]
We’ve again evidenced the rollercoaster of life these past twelve months, experiencing individual and collective highs and lows, as well as drama, wonder and tragedy. Turks in their various cultural, religious, political, and professional shades continue to make their mark in Britain as elsewhere, raising the profile of the community across society, in politics, in […]
A government department has appointed an inspector to “investigate very serious concerns raised about the condition, practices and management of the privately owned and operated Tottenham Park Cemetery.” The decision has been welcomed by Enfield Council and the Tottenham Park Cemetery Action Group (TPCAG) – the community group representing relatives, who have been campaigning for […]
A motion calling on council leader Councillor Nesil Çalışkan to resign over her decision to suspend cabinet member Cllr Yasemin Brett has failed. The no-confidence motion, tabled at a meeting of the Enfield Southgate Constituency Labour Party (CLP) on Thursday 29 November, was roundly rejected by members. A statement from Enfield Council Leader Cllr Çalışkan […]
The Turkish Cypriot leader of Enfield Council in north London has lashed out at calls from members of her own party to resign. Labour’s Nesil Çalışkan, who became the borough’s first female leader and the youngest in London when she was elected last May, dismissed a motion of no-confidence issued by the Enfield Southgate Constituency […]
Another Conservative politician in North London has been suspended following offensive comments to a fellow Enfield councillor of Turkish heritage. On Thursday 20 September, William Coleshill, the Conservative member for Bush Hill Park, outraged with his remarks to Labour Councillor Susan Erbil during a debate on education. Cllr Erbil had put forward a motion […]
A newly elected councillor for the North London Borough of Enfield has been suspended by his local Conservative Party pending an investigation following hateful posts about Turks on Facebook. On 20 July, Stephanos Ioannou, a councillor for Southgate, shared the controversial 1974 front page of The Sun, which labelled Turks ‘barbarians’. Cllr Ioannou’s posts, made […]
