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Vote for T-VINE Magazine and help us win the CTCA UK Best Media Award

T-VINE Magazine is one of eight finalists up for the CTCA UK 2017 Best Media Award. The vote is entirely down to members of the public, who can choose their favourite British Turkish media company online – simply visit this website and cast your vote. Deadline for voting is midnight on 28 Septemb...

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Turkish Cypriots to kick-off centenary year in Britain with new gala awards night

  On Sunday 1st October, the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (CTCA UK) will be hosting the community’s first ever awards event. Taking place at the Imperial Hotel in central London, the gala dinner will officially mark the start of the Turkish Cypriot community’s hundredth year in Br...

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CEFTUS 6th Anniversary Gala: come celebrate the achievements of the Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot community

  Next month, CEFTUS will be hosting its sixth anniversary gala dinner and awards evening. Taking place in the swanky ballroom at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in central London, the evening will recognise the achievements of the UK’s diverse Turkish-speaking communities, awarding success...

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London talks: Kudret Özersay invites UK Turkish Cypriots to help shape future of the TRNC

  With TRNC Parliamentary Elections looming in 2018, this is the perfect opportunity for UK-based TRNC citizens to get the measure of a man widely tipped to become a future prime minister of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. Kudret Özersay, leader of Halkın Partisi (People’s Party), w...

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Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival – an awakening? 

Mark this date: 25th June 2017. It could be a highly significant date for us, diaspora Cypriot Turks. It could prove to be the date we finally started to get organised, to get noticed. But only if we know how to grasp the significance of what happened on that day. Only if we know how to utilise t...

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Dr Fazıl Küçük Turkish School end-of-year fun day in June

One of London’s oldest and largest Turkish schools will be staging its annual end-of-year fun day for students, parents and the wider community on the last Saturday of June. The Dr Fazıl Küçük Turkish School 16th Summer Festival will take place at Conisborough College in Catford, Southeast London. T...

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All welcome to Cyprus Islamic Association’s ‘Iftar and Charity Evening’

  The UK’s Cyprus Islamic Association is holding its annual İftar and Charity Evening on Sunday 11 June at the TCCA in Harringay, North London. The event is open to all in the community and will begin with prayers from the holy Kuran, and continue with a khutba (special talk) and iftar (brea...

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Countdown begins to UK’s 1st Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival

  With less than three weeks to go, excitement is building for the first Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival, which will be held at the Chingford Rugby Club in East London on Sunday 25 June – the first day of Ramazan Bayramı. Organised by the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA...

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Another first: Manchester Turkish Film Festival 2017

Calling all film lovers: on Thursday evening, the Manchester Turkish British Association will be presenting the city’s first Turkish film festival. Seven award-winning Turkish short filmsfilms – a mixture of animation, documentary, comedy and experimental – have been selected from this year’s Eskise...

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‘19 Mayıs Youth and Sports Bayramı’ 2017 celebrations in the UK

Today Turkey commemorated Mustafa Kemal's landing at Samsun, on the Black Sea, on May 19, 1919, which marked the start of the Turkish War of Independence. The war lasted four years, during which time the Turks managed to expel numerous foreign powers that had invaded their territory, among them Brit...

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