Identical twin brothers have hit the headlines in Turkiye after achieving the same scores in their YSK university entrance exams and are now set to study on the same course after choosing the same university. Serdar and Serhat Asker told local media their future goal is to work together in the same role for the […]
Conservative Party leadership contender Rishi Sunak said, in writing to the Conservative Friends of Cyprus, that the British Cypriot Community has “made a hugely positive contribution to the United Kingdom”. It is important this statement applies to the UK’s Turkish Cypriot community, equally as to its Greek Cypriot community. In World War Two, thousands of Turkish Cypriots volunteered […]
On Thursday, Turkiye’s Central Bank cut interest rates from 14% to 13%. The move was not expected by traders and within 24 hours, the Turkish lira was again sliding in the wrong direction nearing record lows. Such is the fear that the move will fuel more inflation that the Turkish lira suffered further depreciation against […]
Two separate road crashes on Saturday, one in Gaziantep and one in Mardin, have caused the deaths of 36 people and injured dozens more, many seriously. The scale of the fatalities prompted many media to describe the two crashes as a “katliam gibi kaza” or ‘massacre-like crashes’. The first reported crash was in the Nizip […]
Azerbaijan’s political stock continues to rise, with its role as a major energy supplier adding to the country’s significance for Europe. Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Baku (pictured top) to double Azerbaijani gas exports to the European Union bloc. Azerbaijan […]
Dear T-VINE, Following on from your article about the one-sided position Rishi Sunak has taken over Cyprus, (‘Rishi Sunak accused of “anti-Turkish bias” after his letter on Cyprus made public’, 14 Aug. 2022), we would appreciate you publishing this open letter to Conservative Party leadership candidate, the Rt. Hon. Rishi Sunak MP. Dear Mr Sunak, […]
The BBC has issued a statement regarding its coverage of the 1974 War in Cyprus on Monday, which has generated hundreds of complaints from Turkish Cypriots. The British state broadcaster accepted it “could have included more historic context in the TV piece to help the audience understand the story further” but stopped short of offering […]
Relations between Turkiye and Israel is set to return to normal, with the two countries agreeing to send an ambassador to the other, ending a four year period of frostiness between the former allies. The development was announced on Wednesday, 17 August, following a conversation between the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Israeli Prime […]
A campaign to protest the BBC’s one-sided, anti-Turkish coverage of the 1974 War in Cyprus on Monday has seen over 500 people write in to complain to the broadcaster in 24 hours. An online template letter, jointly produced by two British Turkish Cypriot activist groups, North Cyprus Exists and Young Turkish Cypriots (Y.T.C.), has been […]
Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots have vented their anger online after BBC London broadcast a news clip for the anniversary of the 1974 War in Cyprus, which again vilified Turks. The 3-minute clip features an interview with a Cypriot family, thought to be Armenian, about how they fled war-torn Cyprus and resettled in Britain as refugees. […]
