Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon has made international headlines after marrying Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, at New York’s Waldorf Astoria on 26 September. Described as a billionaire by NDTV and other media outlets, the groom heads a family business with an expanding in...
History could be in the making after a Turkish-origin mayoral candidate came out on top in recent state elections. Elif Eralp and her party Die Linke (‘The Left’) made unprecedent gains, taking first place at the ballot box and garnering over a quarter of the overall vote.Her party’s performance has...
The Republic of Cyprus was established in 1960 by Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, with each community sharing equal and indivisible sovereignty of the island. It was a partnership state that placed both communities on an equal political footing irrespective of their numerical sizes. ...
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has confirmed that the two Cypriot leaders have failed to progress enough to warrant 5+1 meetings – or even 3+1 – on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week. No-one is surprised. Just as he stated after his visit to C...
Thirty years ago today, a 20-year-old soldier serving in the Turkish Cypriot Security Forces was shot dead while standing guard close to Cyprus’ Green Line.Private Allahverdi Kılıç was killed in the early hours of 8 September 1996 at a sentry post in Güvercinlik, near the British Sovereign Base Area...
Carrying 300kg for eight metres would be a formidable challenge for most people. British Turkish Cypriot strongman Mehmet Musa did it every day for 60 consecutive days – and says that by the end, it was beginning to feel like a “warm-up”.The Islington-born athlete made headlines earlier this year af...
An Open Letter to the President and Decision-Makers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Days after the French authorities approved the extradition warrant for a Lithuanian woman wanted by the Republic of Cyprus in connection with her work in the North Cyprus property sector, the Greek Cy...
Ali Gül Güneş, the pioneering British Turkish businessman affectionately known across London’s Turkish community as “Topal Ali”, has died aged 85.Güneş, who died on 14 August, was one of the best-known figures among the first generation of migrants from Turkiye to settle in Britain and played an imp...
Racism is an enduring scourge that has afflicted humanity for centuries. The simple definition of racism is: “Prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior”. Racism is perpetrated by individuals as w...
Sibel Hodge acclaimed novelist, human rights advocate, and proud Turkish Cypriot, passed away on 21 August 2023, aged 52. Her loss was deeply felt by her family, friends, readers, and the many people whose lives she touched through her writing and charitable work.Born on 8 June 1971, Sibel was the d...
