Emine is more interested in a dead cat than her kids…Al is lost in Grindr, whilst Ayşe – a fierce and intelligent young woman – is drowning in the mire of social media. They are thrown into turmoil when Ayşe commits a horrific assault. Screens tells the story of a modern British Turkish Cypriot family […]
Forty two years and a day after their deaths, 33 Turkish Cypriot men from the village of Tochni (called Taşkent in Turkish) were buried in the Taşkent Martyrs Cemetery during a moving ceremony attended by their relatives, TRNC dignitaries and many members of the public. President Mustafa Akıncı, former President Mehmet Ali Talat, Speaker of […]
Young Turkish Cypriots are up in arms after the TRNC Parliament approved a protocol between Ankara and Lefkoşa that paves the way for the Turkish government to directly control the finance it provides North Cyprus for education, culture, youth and sport. The investments will be supervised by a new office set to open in the […]
A young North London actor of Turkish Cypriot heritage stars in The Telemachy, an intimate new theatre production inspired by The Odyssey. Arman Mantella plays a mysterious travelling poet who swaggers from London to Edinburgh with a case full of ancient stories. This enigmatic host delves into the famed mythologies of Odysseus, the original rock-and-roll […]
Turkish Cypriot crooner Atila Huseyin is back live in London this weekend performing the early works of Nat King Cole, which feature on his new album King for a Day – the Music of the Nat Cole Trio. The show, at the award-winning Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, includes familiar numbers such as Nature […]
Tonight, all roads lead to Leyton for a sell-out Saturday night Turkish extravaganza. That’s right, after a four month hiatus, the institution otherwise known as Cyprus Meze Bar is back! Singer Semra İleten headlines tonight. After a spell as a child actor in Turkey starring alongside the likes of Türkân Şoray, she pursued a career […]
On Tuesday evening, talented Jazz singer Atila Huseyin will take to the stage at the Hippodrome in London’s Leicester Square to perform some of Nat King Cole’s most memorable early songs including Unforgettable, This Can’t Be Love, Nature Boy, and Mona Lisa. Atila’s new album King for a Day, set for release in early May, […]
Two Turkish Cypriot businessmen are among the UK’s richest one thousand individuals. Compiled annually by the Sunday Times this year’s list, published on 24 April, included Touker Süleyman and Mustafa Kiamil. With a net worth of £200m, business tycoon Touker Süleyman is ranked equal 515 on the list, sharing the spot with former Dragon Duncan […]
Reports have just emerged that Asil Nadir has landed in Istanbul after being released from Belmarsh Prison earlier today. The Turkish Cypriot business tycoon was jailed in 2012 and was serving a ten year sentence after being found guilty of theft of some £29m from his Polly Peck empire 25 years ago. Having spent 5.5 […]
Next month, veteran actor and writer Osman Balıkçıoğlu will debut his new comedy in North London. Two performances of Atma Recep da Din Gardaşıyık will be staged at St. Monica’s Hall in Palmers Green on Sunday 15 May. The play follows the life of a family from Lefkoşa’s Samanbahça district that moves to London with […]
