Yesterday was the first day of fasting for Muslims in Turkey and the Balkans. Today, the rest of the Muslim world joins them. The countries’ start dates vary by the way they follow the lunar calendar, with some waiting for their top Islamic clerics to see the crescent part of a new moon, which signals […]
Councillor Nesil Caliskan, 29, was last night elected Leader of Enfield Council by the ruling Labour Group of Councillors, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the borough. Her selection makes Caliskan the youngest council leader for London and possibly England, and the first person of Turkish heritage to head a council […]
Having been under attack from his own side for supposedly diluting the vital elements of the Turkish Cypriot negotiating position, particularly on the issue of security and Turkey’s guarantees, President Mustafa Akıncı has been at pains to stress nothing could be further from the truth. Speaking at the Akıncılar Festival on 6 May, the […]
There were tragic scenes along the Karpaz coastline yesterday, Monday 14 May, as bodies of 11 refugees washed up on the shore or were found in the sea by the TRNC Coastguard. On Monday morning, a local villager saw the bodies of two males on a beach in Dipkarpaz and alerted the authorities. A […]
An announcement by the TRNC coalition government earlier this month that electricity prices were again increasing has been heavily criticised. It is the thirty-third such increase in North Cyprus in the past 18 years. According to a 6 May report by Ali Cansu in Turkish Cypriot daily Kıbrıs, consumers have faced a price rise every […]
In advance of his UK visit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talks to BBC current affairs presenter Zeinab Badawi in the Turkish capital of Ankara. The interview will feature in a special edition of HARDtalk, to be first broadcast at 04.30 UK time on 14 May, and repeated throughout the day. Among the topics […]
So Israel has won Eurovision with Netta’s quirky Toy song, which is themed around strong women and features chicken noises. While Netta had been the favourite to win for some time, Cyprus was the unexpected frontrunner after an impressive performance in both the rehearsals and semi-final. For a time it looked like Eurovision was heading to […]
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will arrive in London on Sunday for a three-day visit where he aims to bolster ties between Turkey and the UK. It will be his first visit to Britain since being elected Turkish president in 2014. He is scheduled to meet the Queen and will see Theresa May, the prime minister, on […]
A week after celebrating her re-election as a councillor for Noel Park Ward, EminaIbrahim has a second reason to rejoice after she was selected by fellow councillors to serve as deputy leader of Labour-run Haringey Council. Her colleague Cllr Joseph Ejiofor was appointed the new council leader in a vote by the 42 newly elected Labour […]
UPDATED 10 May – Kay Isa, a new Conservative councillor in Waltham Forest, had been mistakenly left off the results. now added and total amended. Last week’s Local Elections 3 May, which took place in London and across England, not only saw a record number of candidates from the British Turkish community stand, but also […]
