International law on war crimes is being tested like never before, with files presented to the International Criminal Court on multiple conflicts, but is the law up to the job? This year will see investigations into Gaza-Israel and Ukraine intensify, as well as the first war crimes trials of corpor...
The countdown has begun for this year’s British Kebab Awards where dozens of kebab outlets from across the United Kingdom will be aiming to win one of the 20 coveted titles up for grabs, including Chef of the Year, Best Takeaway, and Best Newcomer. Sponsored by Just Eat, each year this hotly antici...
A British Turkish Cypriot film director has set out to do what has rarely been done before: to produce a balanced and comprehensive account of the Cyprus conflict. Arriving in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the 1974 War, Cey Sesigüzel’s new 90-minute film The Divided Island uses archive foota...
Calling all academics, students, Muslim leaders and activists interested in Muslim politics. As part of its Islamic Courses series, Birkbeck University of London is hosting a two-day academic conference at the beginning of March to examine how Muslim power has fared following the collapse of the Ott...
Formed in 2018 by Eda Ayyildiz, Ceyhun Sesiguzel and Emre Gurler, the BTCP is on a mission “to improve and expand the social and professional lives of British Turkish Cypriot professionals in the UK.” The BTCP team have already hosted multiple events that have the perfect mix of socialising with bu...
Hundreds of Turkish basketball fans will be heading to Stratford’s Copper Box Arena on Wednesday night to cheers on Beşiktaş Emlakjet Istanbul as they take on the London Lions in the EuroCup. When these two sides met in their first leg on 15 November, it was the Lions who edged it, winning 80-83. T...
Kemi Badenoch returned from a visit to Turkiye optimistic the UK could further strengthen bilateral trade ties with Turkiye following a raft of positive meetings and announcements. The British Business and Trade Secretary met with her Turkish counterpart, Minister for Trade Ömer Bolat, and also vis...
The Government has announced its intention to ban new burials at Tottenham Park Cemetery, except for previously reserved graves.Tottenham Park Cemetery is full. Two Ministry of Justice reports have now confirmed this. From having an original capacity of 6,500 in 1912, when the cemetery was first ope...
The UK’s largest burial ground for British Turks, Tottenham Park Cemetery, is set to close after owners were found to have “repeatedly failed to make necessary improvements to ensure the safety of burials.”The decision to close the privately-owned North London cemetery was announced today by the Min...
A 17-year-old footballer from Turkiye, Yunus Emre Konak, has been signed by Premier League side Brentford. According to SKY Sports, which broke the news in the UK on Thursday, the West London side have “agreed a deal in principle” with the midfielder, which will come into effect on Emre Konak’s 18th...
