The UK Cancer Benevolent Association (İngiltere Kanser Hastalarına Yardım Derneği) is holding its annual fundraising ball next Sunday. The charitable group was set up to give support to British Turks undergoing cancer treatment. Singer Bahar Gökhan, the rising star of Turkish classical music, is...
Last night, a panel of four British Turks explored the implications of ‘Brexit’ – the UK’s historic vote to leave the European Union. Event chair Ertanç Hidayetin introduced the event by describing the results of the referendum on 23 June as an “earthquake”. Major differences of opinion emerged d...
The UK referendum on membership of the European Union divided British Turks, as it did the rest of the country. This Wednesday, T-VINE Magazine will host a panel of experts for a ‘Brexit Special’ debate, chaired by columnist Ertanch Hidayetin. Retired ambassador Alp Mehmet, author and sociologist...
A two-day exhibition exploring the lives of migrant women originally from Turkey and Cyprus will open in Walthamstow on Monday. On Monday evening, the Mayor of Waltham Forest, Cllr. Peter Herrington, Enfield Cllr. Suna Hurman and other dignitaries will attend a reception for the exhibition, which...
23 April is the day that Turkey's Parliament first met back in 1920. A few years later, this same day was gifted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to children – the future of any nation. From then on, 23rd April became known as National Sovereignty & Children's Day, celebrated in Turkey and many other...
This Thursday, the Cyprus Islamic Association will be hosting a special prayer night and an inspirational talk by Hoca Husayn Hashim El Bakayi – a well-known religious personality in the British Turkish Cypriot community. Held on Regaip Kandili Gecesi, which this year occurs on 7th April, this ho...
A London Turkish drama group will be putting on its third production at Northumberland Park Community School in Tottenham on Saturday 16 April. Written and directed by Fatoş Törer, Ömer-Sinsi Servis is a light-hearted look at accessing emergency health care here in London from the perspective of...
An Alevi Folk band from Holland will be making their first appearance in Britain next month following an invitation from the youth wing of the Glasgow Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemevi. Vengi Dersim, a trio based in Rotterdam, will perform at a concert at the Pearce Institute in Govan on Sunday 17 Ap...
One of North Cyprus’ leading artists will be appearing at a fundraising event in North London next month. Classical music singer Cem Kafkas headlines this year’s ball in aid of the UK Turkish Education Consortium. The event takes place at the Decorium on Saturday 30 April, with notable guests, inclu...
The Çanakkale Remembrance Platform has hired two buses to take community members free of charge to Brookwood Cemetery in Woking, Surrey, to participate in the annual prayer service on Turkish Martyrs Day. The service will take place at the gravesides of the 14 Turkish servicemen, who were killed dur...
