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Remembering bestselling author Sibel Hodge on the third anniversary of her passing

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...

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Acun Ilıcalı: taking Hull City to the Premier League is my ‘number one’ business achievement

Hull City owner Acun Ilıcalı has described taking the Tigers into the Premier League as the greatest achievement of his business career, as his side prepares to start life back in the English top flight against Manchester United on Saturday.In a new BBC Radio Humberside interview released ahead of H...

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Obituary: Münir Tatar, respected accountant and leading figure in Britain’s Turkish Cypriot community, dies aged 71

Highly respected British Turkish Cypriot chartered accountant and community figure Münir Tatar, whose distinguished career spanned more than four decades, has died at the age of 71.Mr Tatar passed away on the morning of Monday, 17 August 2026, prompting an outpouring of grief from family, friends, c...

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The meteoric rise of fashion designer Dilara Fındıkoğlu

If you haven’t heard Dilara Fındıkoğlu’s name, where have you been? The London-based Turkish designer hit the headlines in September 2017 following her controversial Satan-themed catwalk show at St Andrew Holborn Church during London Fashion Week. Since then she’s enjoyed a meteoric rise, dress...

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My World: Selin Kiazim

Selin Kiazim’s pop-ups at Ember Yard, Carousel London and a six-month residency at Trip Kitchen in Haggerston got the UK’s top food critics raving about her. She’s cooked for the British Prime Minister and his wife, Selfridges is stocking her luxury date butter, and at the end of last year...

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Dr. Tözün İsa

I heard the bad news on a cold November night. 17th November 2015 to be exact. Two friends had gone to see him at Croydon Hospital. They rang to tell me in floods of tears that we had lost him. I had visited him a few days before, and was planning to go and see him again the following day. Alas, it...

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