Astronaut Alper Gezeravcı made history this week, becoming the first Turk to fly to space. The 44-year-old Silifke-born military pilot blasted off in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral with three other crew members from Europe on Thursday, 18 January 2024. The men […]
Hundreds of Turkish basketball fans will be heading to Stratford’s Copper Box Arena on Wednesday night to cheers on Beşiktaş Emlakjet Istanbul as they take on the London Lions in the EuroCup. When these two sides met in their first leg on 15 November, it was the Lions who edged it, winning 80-83. The Black […]
Last week, a longstanding campaigner for safer roads in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus called for tougher penalties for drivers found to be over the legal limit to deter drunk driving, which has become a growing scourge on North Cyprus’ roads. Drunk drivers were responsible for 12 of the 47 fatalities in 2023. Within […]
Kemi Badenoch returned from a visit to Turkiye optimistic the UK could further strengthen bilateral trade ties with Turkiye following a raft of positive meetings and announcements. The British Business and Trade Secretary met with her Turkish counterpart, Minister for Trade Ömer Bolat, and also visited Turkish Airlines, whose new Airbus contract is worth billions […]
Turkish authorities are investigating an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Antalyaspor after he showed solidarity with Israel during a Turkish Super Lig match on Sunday. Antalyaspor winger Sagiv Jehezkel celebrated scoring against Trabzonspor by showing cameras his bandaged wrist, which had “100 days” a small Star of David, and “7.10” written on it. Jehezkel […]
The Government has announced its intention to ban new burials at Tottenham Park Cemetery, except for previously reserved graves. Tottenham Park Cemetery is full. Two Ministry of Justice reports have now confirmed this. From having an original capacity of 6,500 in 1912, when the cemetery was first opened, to now having almost 50,000 people buried […]
The UK’s largest burial ground for British Turks, Tottenham Park Cemetery, is set to close after owners were found to have “repeatedly failed to make necessary improvements to ensure the safety of burials.” The decision to close the privately-owned North London cemetery was announced today by the Ministry of Justice after the site failed two […]
A host of celebrities, including singers Robbie Williams and Haluk Levent and actors Tamer Hassan and John Hannah, have publicly backed the families of Isias Hotel victims, demanding answers as to why the hotel collapsed and justice for the victims as the trial into their deaths got underway in Turkiye. A total of 72 people […]
A 17-year-old footballer from Turkiye, Yunus Emre Konak, has been signed by Premier League side Brentford. According to SKY Sports, which broke the news in the UK on Thursday, the West London side have “agreed a deal in principle” with the midfielder, which will come into effect on Emre Konak’s 18th birthday on 10 January […]
The destruction of the natural environment, particularly Cyprus’s beautiful coastlines, has been highlighted in a powerful new awareness campaign created by artist Nurtane Karagil. Called ‘Coastline(s) Waning: All for a few extra Sunbeds’, Karagil’s collage of four scenes shows beaches dug up as if they are part of a construction site as people continue to […]
