Their show may be called Three Amigos, but Şaban Kâzım, Peter de Basio and Simon Wozniak don’t actually all know each other, and there’s nothing Mexican about them or their act. Yet fate has decided to bring these three upcoming stand-up comedians together in a one-hour show at the Bourbon Bar at this year’s Edinburgh […]
The world around us is forever changing. When we speak to those who have undergone major transformations in their own lives, what do they say and what is it that we hear? Hosted at 5th Base Gallery in Whitechapel, The Stories They Told is a new exhibition featuring the fragments of what four diverse artists […]
A weightlifter has taken Turkey’s first Olympic medal in Rio. Daniyar İsmayilov won silver in the men’s 69kg competition after lifting a combined weight of 351 kilos. He was beaten to the gold medal by China’s Shi Zhiyong, whose total was one kilo heavier. Kyrgyzstan’s Izzat Artykov took the bronze with a combined total of […]
A British casting agency has put out an appeal for Turkish origin or Turkish-looking men and women of all ages to take part in paid film work in September and October of this year. While no mention of the actual project is given, The Casting Collective says filming will take place “in and around London, […]
Turkey has been a participant at the Olympic Games since 1908. The country won its first-ever Olympic medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The 48-strong Turkish Olympic team comprised 46 men and 2 women. They took part in 26 events encompassing 7 sports: basketball, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, sailing, and wrestling. Turkey struck […]
Do Not Obey tracklisting İtaat Etme / Do not Obey Başka Bir Alem / Another World Gariplere Yer Yok / No Place For Strangers İlk Aşkım / My First Love Sinek Koca / Fly Husband Ufaklık / Little One Küçük Kurbağa / Froggie Direniş Destanı / The Legend Of Resistance BaBa ZuLa’s new album now out […]
Earlier this year, a new interactive map of Nicosia was launched online. Delivered by bi-communal Cypriot group the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR), this 3-year research project set out to capture details about the divided city’s landmarks. The result is “Nicosia: The story of a shared and contested city”, an innovative website with […]
Recent events in Turkey, including last Friday’s failed military coup, have raised question marks for those visiting the country. Earlier this week, a three month State of Emergency was declared. Much of the country is now functioning as normal. However, some risks remain and travellers are asked to remain vigilant. A popular tourist destination, some […]
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 […]
This year’s Peace and Freedom Day, celebrated annually on 20 July, will be a more subdued affair following the foiled military coup in Turkey last week, which left at least 290 people dead. Details of the revised programme, released earlier today, show many official events have been cancelled. A national holiday in Cyprus, 20 Temmuz […]
