Istanbul-born economist, politician and former head of the United Nations Development Programme, Kemal Derviş has died at the age of 74. He had Parkinson’s Disease and was being treated in Washington D.C. at the time of his death on Monday. Derviş was a Vice President at the World Bank in Washington when he decided to […]
On Sunday morning, the British Turkish community woke to the tragic news that broadcaster Hülya Nur Özdemir Alişoğlu had passed away. She was aged just 41. The popular presenter of ATV’s long-running television lifestyle show, Londra Aktüel, which she created with her producer-director husband Sevgin Alişoğlu, had been battling breast cancer for a number of […]
Ramiz Manyera, one of the leading business figures in North Cyprus, has died. The sad news was announced by his family on Tuesday. The pioneering Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur made his fortune selling soft drinks. He established Bel-Cola in 1958 – the first carbonated drink produced by a Turkish Cypriot, but it was Bixi Cola nearly […]
One of the most significant personalities from the British Turkish Cypriot community, Fikret Derviş, has passed away aged 86 years old. Derviş, a former President of the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (UK), had been struggling with ill-health for the past few years. He had been in a care home since last July and was […]
Hundreds of people came to pay their respects to Özkan Hasan at Palmers Green Mosque, North London, on Sunday, 5 February, ahead of his body being repatriated to North Cyprus where he will be buried. The iconic guitarist, who was a central figure in the entertainment scene of Turkish London in the 1970s and 80s […]
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do” — Steve Jobs An extract from my Q&A with Birkan Uzun for ‘Vision Matters’, broadcast on Kıbrıs Postası on 24 March 2021. Q: What did you want to achieve at Amazon? A: I wanted to develop applicable technologies […]
Zehra Hassan, my grandmother and the person who raised me, passed away aged 85 on 6 July 2022 on Crebor Street, London SE22 0HF, where she had lived for 34 years. Sadly, many non-English speaking women of colour with little formal education are stripped of their complex stories, multiple belongings, and aptitude upon migrating to […]
Sevilay Direkoğlu, who was one of the pillars of North Cyprus state broadcaster Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation (BRTK) and central to the development of broadcasting for Turkish Cypriots, has died at the age of 85. She passed away suddenly on Wednesday, 30 October, with no prior known health problems. Born in Lefke on 10 […]
One of Turkiye’s finest sports presenters and journalists, Halit Kıvanç, who was behind many broadcasting ‘firsts’, has been laid to rest. He passed away on Tuesday, 25 October, aged 97. Kıvanç’s funeral, at Istanbul’s Zincirlikuyu Mosque and Cemetery, was attended by hundreds of people, including notable faces from the worlds of media, sport, entertainment, and […]
The death of Lord Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh has been described as “a huge loss” by Turkiye’s most senior diplomat in Britain. In a statement to T-VINE, Ümit Yalçın, the Turkish Ambassador to London, said: “Lord Sheikh’s passing is a huge loss in terms of his selfless contributions and service to the values he upheld.” The pioneering […]
