A teenager reported missing since 6 September has been found. Seventeen-year-old Ayla Huseyin from London had not been seen after leaving home to go to work. An urgent appeal by her mother Alev Ozturkmen on social media asking for information led to the post being shared by hundreds of people.
On Sunday, 16 September, ten days after going missing, Ayla’s mother posted a note on her Facebook page thanking friends, family and the public for their help, and confirmed her daughter has been found.
Leading Turkey analyst and author David Barchard will be giving his assessment on the country as it enters a new era, transitioning from a parliamentary system of government to a presidential one. During the evening lecture, organised by the Anglo-Turkish Society at the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, Barchard will look at the growth of the idea of […]
The UK’s first Turkish mosque has stepped up security after being sent a threatening handwritten message in the post. The letter, which arrived earlier this week, featured a skull and bones and a warning: “I am coming to your mosque in August to make you vermin pay. Muslim blood tastes particularly sweet.” Erkin Guney, the […]
UPDATE, TUESDAY 20 June 2020, Ela Kostepe has been found and is back home safe and well. A father has made a desperate plea on social media for information about the whereabouts of his teenage daughter Ela Kostepe, who went missing in East London on Wednesday evening, 17 June. Tuncay Tony posted a photo of […]
