The countdown has begun to the UK’s biggest Turkish Cypriot festival, which again returns to the aptly named Donkey Lane (Karpaz’s wild donkeys are the national animal of North Cyprus) playing fields in Enfield, North London, for some family-friendly fun on Sunday, 30 June 2023. This now firmly established annual celebration of Turkish Cypriot culture […]
It seems apt that writer and radio broadcaster Sami Kent will be launching his debut book about Turkiye in the heart of the Turkish community in North London later this month. Part memoir, part history and politics, The Endless Country allows Kent to revisit the land of his father, technology entrepreneur Osman Kent, who left […]
After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, upcoming comedy talent Louise Young brings her debut stand-up show ‘Feral’ to the iconic Tyne Theatre & Opera House for one night only. Described as a show about “class, chaos and coming out”, Feral draws on Young’s own crazy life experiences, from her boozy youth […]
A more chaotic environment you will not find than in this wealthy household where a man plunders the fortune inherited from his wife’s family, a woman is cheated on by her best friend, a mother-in-law hates her daughter-in-law, and a clumsy butler tries to hold it all together. Written and directed by Evren Öksüz, Kim […]
Upcoming comedy writer and actress Narin Özenci (aka Narin Oz) has appeared in BBC1’s hit show Man Like Mobeen and crime movie Hooligan Legacy, and taken shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Narin also co-wrote and starred in Channel 4’s 2016 prank television programme Girls Go Trolling, and recently won best comedy for her short […]
Widely considered a pioneering feminist video artist, Nil Yalter seeks to question the male gaze and give a platform to socially marginalised groups through her work. Yalter was recently awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the Venice Biennale and her work continues to resonate far and wide. She now brings a brand […]
Turkish rock star Haluk Levent will be live at Indigo at The O2 this summer. A key figure in the revival of Anatolian rock during the 1990s, Levent is behind hits such as Aşkın Mapushane, Sevdana Gönül Verdim, and Elfida. Life could have been very different for the Adana-born star had he have graduated from […]
Serkan Nihat’s directorial debut film Exodus has won the Best Drama Feature 2024 award at this year’s London Independent Film Festival (LIFF). Set in Turkiye, the hard hitting migration drama received a standing ovation when it premiered at the festival earlier this month. Inspired by the global refugee crisis, Exodus homes in on two Turkish […]
One of the UK’s most highly regarded Turkish classical music artists, Suat Sancar, is to present a series of concerts as a musical tribute to Kemal Atatürk, the founder of Republic of Turkiye, as part of Turkish celebrations worldwide during the country’s centenary year. Sancar will be leading members of three distinctive Turkish classical music […]
West London Turkish Festival is one of the UK’s largest Turkish festivals, attracting a 10,000 strong crowd from diverse ethnic backgrounds, who are all keen to experience authentic Turkish culture and hospitality. Organised by the West London Turkish Volunteers, a UK charity based in southwest London, this family-friendly festival has been running since 2016 and […]
