A Turkish Cypriot family that fought for nearly fifty years to clear their father’s name after his wrongful imprisonment based on the evidence of a bent copper are still waiting for a direct apology from the British Transport Police and fear lessons have yet to be learned. In 1977, Saliah Mehmet and his British Rail […]
Turkiye and the Turkish diaspora have marked the first anniversary of the devastating earthquakes that struck the country on 6 February 2023, causing widespread death and destruction. A wide range of emotions were on display at the commemoration events, from tearful to thankful, hopeful and angry. In towns and cities across southeast Turkiye, which bore […]
Many violent events occurred in the final years of British colonial rule in Cyprus, but one of the worst – and least known – is the slaughter of seven Turkish Cypriot civilians and the wounding of dozens of others by British troops on 27 and 28 January 1958. This shocking event would have a pivotal […]
Astronaut Alper Gezeravcı made history this week, becoming the first Turk to fly to space. The 44-year-old Silifke-born military pilot blasted off in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral with three other crew members from Europe on Thursday, 18 January 2024. The men […]
A trial into whether the owners of Isias Hotel in Adıyaman are culpable after it collapsed killing 72 people — including a group of schoolchildren from North Cyprus — following a massive earthquake in southeast Turkiye last February, has got underway. TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel is among a delegation of some one hundred Turkish […]
Professor Ibrahim Benter’s term as the Director-General of Kıbrıs Vakıflar İdaresi has come to an end. The TRNC Council of Ministers called time on Benter’s decade in charge of the oldest Turkish Cypriot institute, naming Professor Mustafa Tümer (top right) as his replacement. The details were announced in the Official Gazette last week. Kıbrıs Vakıflar […]
British Turks have joined the huge chorus of criticism levelled at the mass of MPs who abstained or voted against a motion in Parliament calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. An amendment to the King’s Speech, tabled by the Scottish National Party (SNP), called for “all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. […]
Today, 15 November 2023, marks the fortieth anniversary of the declaration of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). The milestone has been marked with street parades in the TRNC and goodwill messages from allies, including Azerbaijan and Türkiye. The Republic of Türkiye’s Vice-President Cevdet Yılmaz and its new Main Opposition Leader, Özgür Özel, joined […]
If you’re lucky enough to be invited on a state visit to Azerbaijan, you may well get the wonderful Ehtiqad Şükürov as your driver. A proud Azerbaijani who reflects the warm hospitality of his incredible country, loves all things Turkish, and drove us around in his fabulous disco-like minibus with all the skills of a […]
A non-league football club in South London owned by Turkish businessman Cemil Tumkaya is ‘living the dream’ after being drawn against their far bigger local rival Charlton Athletic in the First Round of the FA Cup. Cray Valley (PM) FC will play Charlton away at The Valley Stadium on Sunday, 5 November 2023. The fixture […]
