One of London’s oldest and largest Turkish schools will be staging its annual end-of-year fun day for students, parents and the wider community on the last Saturday of June. The Dr Fazıl Küçük Turkish School 16th Summer Festival will take place at Conisborough College in Catford, Southeast London. The day will include students performing traditional […]
A law firm in southeast London will be exploring philanthropy among family businesses. Thackray Williams has invited three speakers to talk about using wealth to support communities and causes important to them. Like all businesses, family-owned enterprises need to make a profit to survive. While generating an income and protecting the family’s future wealth […]
The UK’s Cyprus Islamic Association is holding its annual İftar and Charity Evening on Sunday 11 June at the TCCA in Harringay, North London. The event is open to all in the community and will begin with prayers from the holy Kuran, and continue with a khutba (special talk) and iftar (breaking of fast) […]
Continuing our series on Turkish candidates standing at this General Election, we turn the spotlight on Naz Osmanoglu who has been capturing national media attention with his appearance in a party election broadcast for the CBA. CBA stands for ‘Can’t Be Arsed’ and, according to Osmanoglu’s clip, they represent the “silent majority, the unheard […]
With less than three weeks to go, excitement is building for the first Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival, which will be held at the Chingford Rugby Club in East London on Sunday 25 June – the first day of Ramazan Bayramı. Organised by the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA UK), or Konsey as […]
Calling all film lovers: on Thursday evening, the Manchester Turkish British Association will be presenting the city’s first Turkish film festival. Seven award-winning Turkish short filmsfilms – a mixture of animation, documentary, comedy and experimental – have been selected from this year’s Eskisehir University International Film Festival for screening. The mini one day festival is […]
A military helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from its base in Şırnak, southeast Turkey, killing everyone on board. Among the 13 victims was Lt. Col. Songül Yakut, 41, the country’s first female commander, and Major Gen. Aydoğan Aydın, who had played a leading role in combating terror group the PKK. The crash is […]
Earlier this evening TRNC President Mustafa Akıncı received a call from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, inviting the Turkish Cypriot leader to attend a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. A similar invitation has been extended to the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiadis. According to the TRNC President’s spokesman, Mustafa Akıncı has accepted […]
Football club Beşiktaş have been crowned champions of Turkey’s Süper Lig for the fifteenth time in their history. They clinched the title at the penultimate game of the season, beating relegated Gaziantepspor 4.0 away from home, with goals from Ryan Babel (6), Oğuzhan Özyakup (40 & 66) and Anderson Talisca (76 minute). On Saturday, […]
Leading Turkey analyst and author David Barchard will be giving his assessment on the country as it enters a new era, transitioning from a parliamentary system of government to a presidential one. During the evening lecture, organised by the Anglo-Turkish Society at the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, Barchard will look at the growth of the idea of […]
