One of Turkey’s most exciting rappers will be live in London in May. Ankara-born singer-songwriter and musician Ezhel stormed to public attention last year with the release of his phenomenal genre-hopping debut album Müptezhel, which he co-produced with Bugy. Over a smooth blend of hip hop, trap and dub beats, 27-year-old Ezhel waxes lyrical about […]
There were emotional scenes at a special commemoration event in the British capital on Thursday night. The Gallipoli Friendship Concert, held at one of London’s leading classical music venues, featured the international premiere of Can Atilla’s Gallipoli Symphony, the 57th Regiment – named after the soldiers sacrificed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the first Gallipoli attack […]
Relatives with loved ones interred at Tottenham Park Cemetery have taken to social media to express their disappointment following the reopening of the burial guard on 19 March. The North London cemetery had been closed since 16 February after Enfield Council and Health and Safety officers inspected the grounds and found urgent repairs were […]
British-based businesses seeking quality, competitive and innovative packaging solutions should book themselves into a special industry event taking place at the Business Design Centre in London at the end of this month. They will be able to meet a dozen of Turkey’s top suppliers over a networking lunch and face-to-face meetings. The Istanbul Exporters’ […]
Last summer, the UK’s first major Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival took place and it was epic! Over 20,000 people attended the event at Chingford Rugby Club – a superb day out for all the family, with many people running into relatives and friends they had not seen for years. This year the organisers, the […]
Britain’s Turkish Cypriot community is invited to attend a special fundraising event to raise money for lobbying. The two-and-a-half hour event, which includes a keynote speaker and a buffet dinner, will take place at Empire Lounge in Walthamstow on the last Sunday of April. The voluntary-led British Turkish Cypriot Association (BTCA) has been at […]
The eagerly awaited Raşit Bağzıbağlı x Modanisa spring-summer collection went on sale on Monday 26th March. Turkey’s leading designer and Modanisa.com – the world’s biggest modest fashion e-retailer – celebrated their collaboration with a launch party in Istanbul. Jetting in especially for the occasion was trailblazing model Halima Aden, who opened the catwalk for […]
“In glorious Istanbul, about 100 years ago lived Hürmüz and her seven husbands…”, so wrote Sadık Şendil, one of Turkey’s greatest contemporary playwrights. Such was its popularity when this classic Turkish comedy made its debut in 1967 that it remained on stage in a sell-out run for two years before being turned into a […]
From this Thursday to Saturday, the public will be able to see artwork produced by emerging artists, designers and makers at The Menier Gallery in Southwark, as they conclude their year of intensive creative study on the City Lit Foundation Diploma in Art & Design. Among those exhibiting is a young filmmaker called Şenay Camgöz, who […]
On Thursday night, one of the world’s most famous artists unveiled a giant new mural in New York protesting the imprisonment of a young artist in Turkey. The ‘Free Zehra Doğan’ painting by Banksy appeared on a wall on the corner of Houston Street and Bowery in East Village, and was verified as his on […]
