The Walthamstow branch of a well-known Turkish restaurant chain has been given fines totalling more than £70,000 after an eight-year-old boy suffered life-changing injuries when his hand became trapped in a mincer. The incident happened in the kitchen of Gökyüzü’s restaurant in Selborne Walk, East London, on 7 April 2019. Environmental health officers investigating for […]
The body of an Ethiopian student, who died in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) while working on an outdoor billboard in unsafe conditions, has been repatriated to his home country following a successful funeral fundraising campaign by his fellow students. Meles Halieu, a 28-year-old Master’s student at Near East University, was electrocuted while […]
A bakery where surfaces were swarming with fruit flies and the walls were mouldy has been shut down for its appalling hygiene. Waltham Forest Council officers, who visited on 17 March and took the business to court six days later, said it was “one of the worst-run food premises they had ever encountered”. A tip-off […]
Nine patients have died following an explosion and fire on an intensive care ward treating coronavirus patients in southeast Turkey. The fire was triggered by an oxygen ventilator exploding at the SANKO University Hospital in Gaziantep. Eight of the nine victims, whose ages were between 65-85 years old, have been named: Okkaş Akbulut, Elif Akgül, […]
Enfield Council has issued a statement on Tottenham Park Cemetery, which is currently closed to the public. The statement answered questions put to the local authority by T-VINE Magazine about the privately-owned site that is the resting place for thousands of British Turks. On Friday 16 February, Terry Lowe, a director of the company […]
A popular Turkish restaurant in North London has been ordered to pay more than £8,000 in fines and costs after inspections found a number of food safety and hygiene issues. The case against Kosk Restaurant and its director was brought by Enfield Council. Ismail Koca, the director of Kosk Restaurant Ltd, pleaded guilty to […]
