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 […]
BBC 1’s anchor food programme Saturday Kitchen dedicated a section to “the humble kebab” in advance of the British Kebab Awards, which takes place in the capital tonight. The five-minute feature had interviews with two of last year’s winners, Maz Demir, the executive chef and owner of North London fine dining restaurant Skewd who won Chef […]
Enfield Council has issued a statement on Tottenham Park Cemetery, which is currently closed to the public. The statement answered questions put to the local authority by T-VINE Magazine about the privately-owned site that is the resting place for thousands of British Turks. On Friday 16 February, Terry Lowe, a director of the company […]
Turkey’s second biggest airline revealed strong financial and operating performances for last year. Low cost carrier Pegasus Airlines increased its passenger numbers by 15% in 2017 to nearly 28 million people, while simultaneously growing its turnover by 44% to TL 5.3 billion, while its annual net profit for the year was TL 0.5 billion. The […]
A Turkish organisation has started to renovate five Ottoman-era Islamic sites including four mosques and one Sufi or dervish lodge in Albania this month. The restoration works, which are expected to last two years, are part of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency’s efforts to preserve cultural and historical assets shared by both Turks and […]
Tottenham Park Cemetery – the UK’s biggest cemetery for British Turks – remains closed on the instructions of the local authority. The Tottenham Park Charitable Trust (TPCT), which represents the relatives of those resting at the popular North London burial ground, was informed by the cemetery’s private owners Badgehurst earlier today that further urgent […]
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) submitted a draft bill to remove the 10-percent threshold in the country’s electoral system Hürriyet Daily News reported Friday. The move comes after the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) jointly submitted a 26-article legislative package proposing substantial changes to election […]
The Mayor of Lefkoşa has made good on his pledge to close down night clubs that are suspected of operating as brothels. Although Mayor Mehmet Harmancı has steadfastly refused to renew the licences of four late night cabaret joints after they expired in November 2016, Crazy, King, Freedom and Fly clubs have all continued […]
If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a TV personality and live in London, here’s your chance to build your profile. The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations in Britain (CTCA UK) – the national umbrella group for the UK’s 300,000 Turkish Cypriot community – is looking for new faces to present its new TV programme […]
A popular Turkish restaurant in North London has been ordered to pay more than £8,000 in fines and costs after inspections found a number of food safety and hygiene issues. The case against Kosk Restaurant and its director was brought by Enfield Council. Ismail Koca, the director of Kosk Restaurant Ltd, pleaded guilty to […]
