The day after the North London derby on 12 May, when Tottenham Hotspur emphatically beat their arch rivals Arsenal 3-0, my phone was buzzing with people wanting to discuss the game. We delved into the nature of Spurs’ epic win and its likely impact on the race for fourth place in the Premier League. We […]
If you live in North London and love football, head down to Donkey Lane, Enfield, on Wednesday night for what is bound to be an epic night of the beautiful game. Home side Enfield Town Football Club take on their East London rivals Hornchurch in one of two playoff semi-finals in the Isthmian League Premier […]
It’s not every day that a prince comes to see you, but that’s exactly what happened one day in March, when His Royal Highness, Şehzade Orhan Osmanoğlu visited Shacklewell Lane Mosque in East London. A resident of Istanbul and the great grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, Şehzade Orhan was making his first ever visit […]
Londoner Ali Gomez Mehmet was a man in the prime of his life. The 36-year-old was an avid Spurs fan and successful amateur footballer, who owned two thriving businesses, and was set to wed the love of his life this year. Tragically, Ali’s life was cut short when he suddenly passed away on 25 March […]
On 10 March, the team behind four times Formula 1 World Champion driver Sebastian Vettel unveiled his new helmet. The words “No War” were blazed across one side, a dove on the other, with narrow strips of flags adorning the base of the helmet. Blue and yellow stripes – the colours of Ukraine – ran […]
An historic visit by the British Speaker of Parliament Sir Lindsay Hoyle to Cyprus has ended in controversy after he rebuffed an invitation to meet with President Ersin Tatar and failed to attend a single event in North Cyprus. The turn of events came despite a pledge by the Speaker’s Office that a meeting would […]
The Immovable Property Commission (IPC) has ruled that the Evkaf Administration of Cyprus (Evkaf) can become a party in a case involving property in the abandoned town of Varosha / Maraş, in Famagusta, Cyprus. The case has far-reaching implications for hundreds of cases involving Greek Cypriot claimants. The IPC ruling marks the first time litigation […]
Ten years ago today, Rauf Raif Denktaş – the man many people regard as the father of the Turkish Cypriot nation – passed away at Near East University Hospital from multiple organ failure. The former President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus’ (TRNC) health had been deteriorating following a stroke he suffered in May […]
Outraged British Turkish Cypriots have launched a petition calling for the leader of an East London council to resign over a “deeply offensive, racist statement” she made, along with a decision to ban the flag of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). Councillor Grace Williams, who heads the Labour-run Waltham Forest Community, ordered the […]
Conservative politician Sir Iain Duncan Smith has landed himself in hot water with British Turks after it emerged he supported the introduction of a new bill calling for the First World War massacres of Armenians in Anatolia to be recognised as a “genocide”. Ayşe Osman, head of the UK’s Turkish Cypriot umbrella body CTCA, has […]
