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Catch the interview with Enfield Council Leader Nesil Çalışkan on BRT tonight

Tonight, television presenter Ertanch Hidayettin is interviewing Nesil Çalışkan, the Leader of  Enfield Council on the Londra Gündem programme. The interview, in English, will be broadcast at 21.30 UK time on BRT1 and BRT1 HD. It can also be watched live online via the BRTK website. The programme...

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All welcome to annual iftar dinner at Shacklewell Lane Mosque on 24 May

The UK Turkish Islamic Trust and Metropolitan Police Service invite you to break fast, or ‘iftar’ as Muslims would say, at the UK’s first Turkish-owned mosque in Dalston this Friday, 24 May. Shacklewell Lane Mosque will be opening its doors to its regular worshippers and other Muslims in the capi...

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Young people’s poetry competition for centenary of start of Turkish War of Independence

The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations and the Turkish Language and Education Consortium have announced a special competition for Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. This year, the day also celebrates the centenary of Turkish military commander Mustafa Kemal’s landing at Samsun on the Black Sea o...

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Special London iftar dinner and talk from Prof. İlber Ortaylı on centenary of Atatürk’s landing at Samsun

One of Turkey’s most popular historians will be in London for the annual Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. Prof. İlber Ortaylı, who lectures at Istanbul’s MEF and Ankara’s Bilkent universities, is a special guest and speaker at an iftar dinner organised by the Çanakkale Anma Platformu (Çanakkale Commer...

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Festival date clash ‘disaster’ averted as row exposes rifts within Turkish Cypriot UK community

Competing plans to hold separate June festivals celebrating Turkish Cypriot culture on the same day in north London have been averted after one of the camps decided to postpone its event by a week. In a surprise move, the UK-based Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (CTCA), an umbrella organi...

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Turkish filmmaker from London hits crowdfunding target for new movie ‘Cosmos With Venus’

A campaign to raise funds for a new short film featuring a young British Turkish woman fearful of marriage has hit its target of £2,000 with two days to spare.  Cosmos With Venus is written by Elifcan Yazgun, a North London filmmaker who draws on her own cultural roots for this story about “lov...

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Enfield’s Donkey Lane to host 3rd Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival in June 2019

The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations in Britain (CTCA UK) have announced details of the third edition of the Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival. The  event returns to the spacious Donkey Lane playing fields in North London, which will take place on Sunday 30 June 2019. The family-orientated...

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The best 2018 Turkish New Year parties in London 

New Year’s Eve is all about letting go of the stresses of the past 12 months to embrace the challenges and opportunities of the year ahead. What better way to set the tone for 2019 than having yourself a memorable night out with family and friends. If happiness for you equates with tucking into k...

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Turks in London – the new book by Semra Eren-Nijhar 

London’s Turkish community may be celebrating its centenary in Britain, but there are few books on its history, personalities and heritage. Sociologist and documentary-maker Semra Eren-Nijhar has been at the forefront of researching the community. Earlier this year her latest book titled Turks In...

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Art by you! British Turkish community invited to submit artworks for a new London exhibition

Whether you are an amateur artist or a professional, if you are of Turkish heritage and living in Britain, the Yunus Emre Institute London wants to hear from you! The Institute – the Turkish equivalent of the British Council – will be hosting a month-long exhibition at their central London premis...

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