British think tank CEFTUS, or the Centre for Turkey Studies to give the organisation its full name, has given a platform to a range of politicians, journalists and analysts casting a critical eye over the affairs of Turkiye. In December, the group will be staging an event with renowned journalist, author and documentary maker Can […]
A complaint has been filed by a Turkish lawyer, Bülent Akbay, against the bodyguard and driver of the İskenderun Chief Public Prosecutor Muhammet Emin Ünalan after the pair brutally him. The incident started outside İskenderun Courthouse in Hatay Province, southern Turkiye. According to a news report in Birgün newspaper, Mr Akbay was driving his car […]
After two weeks of deliberations, a jury at the Old Bailey have found two men guilty of killing Mehmet Koray Alpergin. The popular Turkish radio DJ and his girlfriend Gözde Dalbudak were kidnapped outside Mr Alpergin’s Enfield home after a night out in central London last October, the court had heard. The pair were taken […]
Now in its nineth year, the Anadolu Agency’s Istanbul Photo Awards is an annual celebration of international photographers whose incredible images capture vivid and often hard-hitting stories about global people and events. This year’s winning images are being toured around the world with London the next stop. The Yunus Emre Institute will be hosting the […]
The head of the UK’s Turkish Muslim business association MUSIAD, Murat Bingöl, is on the Judging Panel for “the UK’s largest awards celebrating the best of British Muslim Businesses”. Now in its third year, Islam Channel Business Awards 2024 recognise the achievements from Britain’s leading Muslim entrepreneurs in 21 different categories, including Food & Beverage, […]
Türkiye and the United Kingdom have continued to extend their co-operation on defence and security issues by signing a Statement of Intent. The new agreement, signed in Ankara by British Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, and Yaşar Güler, the Minister of National Defence for Turkiye, on Thursday, 23 November, follows increased co-operation between the UK and […]
British Turks have joined the huge chorus of criticism levelled at the mass of MPs who abstained or voted against a motion in Parliament calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. An amendment to the King’s Speech, tabled by the Scottish National Party (SNP), called for “all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. […]
Seeing Conservative politicians vote against the ceasefire in Gaza in the UK Parliament was disappointing, but at the same time expected. However, so many abstentions from Labour Party MPs was totally heartbreaking, as it is because of their silence that this genocide against the Palestinian civilians of Gaza is being allowed to continue. Considering that […]
The Tersan Shipyard in Yalova,,northwest Turkiye, is one of the Europe’s biggest shipyards. This privately-owned modern shipyard is renowned for ship repairs, conversions and shipbuilding, and prides itself on its green credentials. At the end of October, Tersan launched NB1117, a factory freezer stern trawler — named Inuksuk II — that was built for Niqitaq […]
The November international break saw the final round of group qualifier games for Euro 2024. Both Turkiye and England drew their final games, but remained top of their respective groups. A lacklustre England laboured to a 2-0 win against Malta at Wembley on Friday. An own goal from Enrico Pepe put the hosts ahead before […]
