After a month of fasting, British Turks and fellow Muslims in the United Kingdom and around the world today celebrated Eid al-Fitr, or Ramazan Bayramı (Ramadan Festival) or Şeker Bayramı (Sweet Festival) in Turkish. For the second year running, the religious festival was held under Covid restrictions. While these have been relaxed in the UK, […]
The UK has its second council leader of Turkish Cypriot origin after Councillor Peray Ahmet mounted a successful leadership challenge against the current head of Haringey Labour Joseph Ejiofor. Ahmet beat Ejiofor – the leader of Haringey Council leader since 2018 – by a single vote, according to a report in local newspaper Ham and […]
Labour’s Ayten Güzel has won a local by-election for Southbury ward in the North London Borough of Enfield. Güzel beat six other candidates in the process, securing nearly 600 more votes than her nearest rival, Conservative candidate Patrick Drysdale. The election was called following the death of long-serving Labour ward councillor Chris Bond in July […]
Justin Halabi (pictured top) continued his Conservative Party’s winning trend in England in the 6 May Elections, winning the by-election for Hatch Lane ward. The 23-year-old Conservative garnered just over half of all votes cast, beating three others in the by-election, while growing the Tory party vote share in the process. The victory means Halabi […]
A press release issued by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) to remind Britain’s Turkish speaking communities to complete the Census has infuriated Turkish Cypriots after they were omitted. Turkish Cypriots make up the largest and oldest of the UK’s diverse Turkish speaking communities. Yet neither the community, nor its Islamic faith – also the […]
A new British Turkish Cypriot network has been formed to offer support to its five founding members, among them “two of the UK’s oldest and most active associations”, the Turkish Cypriot Community Association and the Turkish Community Football Federation. Called the Network Of Turkish Cypriot Organisations, or NOTCO for short, it sets out to “reinforce […]
Two British Turkish Cypriots have created a short film to raise awareness that “Turkish Cypriot” is accepted as an ethnicity under the ‘Ethnic Group, Other’ category on this year’s Census. The 94-second comedy clip by Eray Galip and Aziz Kemal, who are better known by their alter egos Eray Beyi and The Aziz Show, has […]
Today, 8 March, is International Women’s Day. While many use this annual day to celebrate inspirational women and their achievements, others will focus on the issues currently blighting women’s lives. The day’s roots lie in Russia where a little over a hundred years ago, on 8 March 1917, women working in textile factories across Petrograd […]
Every ten years, the United Kingdom holds a population count. There is one happening this year too, on 21 March 2021, with households given a month to respond. This once-in-a-decade survey captures vital details about all the people and households in the country; their ages, ethnicities, religious beliefs, income, health, and more. It is also […]
The Yunus Emre Institute in London’s annual Turkish Community Art Exhibition is now truly embedded in the British Turkish community’s social calendar. Now in its third year, the event is bigger than ever before, showcasing 88 art pieces from 51 artists, whittled down from “a great selection of over 140 artworks from over 70 artists.” […]
