On Sunday 14 May 2023, millions of voters in Türkiye head to the polls for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections. This year, the country celebrates its centenary as a Republic and Sunday’s vote is likely to go down as one of the most anticipated and pivotal days in the country’s history so far. Official figures […]
Istanbul-born economist, politician and former head of the United Nations Development Programme, Kemal Derviş has died at the age of 74. He had Parkinson’s Disease and was being treated in Washington D.C. at the time of his death on Monday. Derviş was a Vice President at the World Bank in Washington when he decided to […]
The Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday has generated acres of international media coverage and tens of thousands of social media posts, with striking images from the Westminster Abbey service and supporting events circulated all around the world. One unusual take on this centuries old ceremony has come from Jannes the head of the […]
A district judge and a local authority in East London have come under fire for inferring kebab shops are unregulated and unhygienic following a case involving serious breaches of food hygiene at a branch of McDonald’s. The initial problem arose in Judge Susan Holdham’s choice of words when she passed judgment on Leytonstone McDonald’s. The […]
It’s not every day that a senior politician from a foreign country pops over to one’s house for dinner, but that’s exactly what happened to Londoner Türker Çakıcı, who received Fuat Oktay, the Vice-President of Turkiye, and his wife Hümeyra as guests on Friday night. VP Oktay was one of more than 100 state leaders […]
There has been a large turnout of Turkish citizens living in Britain casting their ballots in Turkiye’s Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. The two big elections will take place in Turkiye on Sunday 14 May. The Turkish government has facilitated overseas arrangements to allow Turkish citizens living in 73 different countries to also participate in the […]
A father of one of the Turkish Cypriot school victims of the Turkish earthquake has shared a heart-breaking note from his daughter, sent to him on May Day seven years ago. Enver Karakaya posted Selin Karakaya’s International Workers Day message to him on 1 May 2016, when she would have been just seven years old. […]
Four serving police officers and a police team leader serving in North London have received commendations from the Metropolitan Police for going above and beyond the call of duty. Police Sergeant Eren Emin, Team Leader Abide Osman, Police Constable (PC) Haldun Huseyin, PC Yiğit Akdağ, and a fifth unnamed member of Turkish Police Association (TPA) […]
Sergio “Checo” Pérez claimed top spot on the podium after beating his Red Bull colleague Max Verstappen in Sunday’s Formula 1 (F1) Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Mexican driver had timed the changing of his tyres perfectly following the introduction of the safety car early in the race. It allowed Perez to leapfrog Verstappen without having […]
The gap between Süper Lig leaders Galatasaray and second place Fenerbahçe has closed to just 3 points after a pulsating weekend of football in Turkiye. Despite taking the lead, Galatasaray found themselves on the losing side in their big local derby against Beşiktaş at the Vodafone Stadium on Sunday. Cimbom’s Argentinian striker Mauro Icardi opened […]
