The Metropolitan Police has come under fire after it emerged that trainers are using a case study that portrays Turks in the worst possible light as part of their education of new detectives. The offensive material, which first came to light in a report by The Times on Friday (‘Racist’ Met police course for detectives […]
The display of flags of a banned Kurdish terror group remain online despite complaints being lodged with the Metropolitan Police nearly three months ago. The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) is a proscribed group in the UK, and its promotion is strictly prohibited under UK terror laws. Photographs appeared on social media from this year’s Kurdish […]
A man who absconded from prison in Turkey while serving a 21-year-sentence for offences in the UK has been arrested following a joint operation between the Metropolitan Police Service, National Crime Agency and Moldovan authorities. Izzet Eren, 39, a Turkish national who had been living in London, was detained in Chisinau, Moldova on Thursday, 26 […]
Police Constable Ahmet Mavitunali and his colleague PC Ryan Legge were reunited with the young girl whose life they saved last year. Noura, seven, met the two officers as part of a special event to mark Emergency Services Day on Thursday, 9 September, where she was pictured hugging PC Mavitunali. In May 2020 the young […]
A lawyer has criticised the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for refusing disciplinary proceedings against a police officer who knelt on a black man’s neck during an arrest in scenes reminiscent of the George Floyd case. Criminal law specialist Timur Rustem spoke out after the police watchdog decided a misconduct hearing was unnecessary and […]
Pc Deniz Jaffer, 47, and his colleague Pc Jamie Lewis, 32, are set to appear at the Old Bailey later this month over allegations that they shared pictures of a double murder scene on WhatsApp. The two Metropolitan Police officers appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 27 May having each been charged with a single […]
Turkish Cypriots in the UK and abroad have condemned the Met police’s decision to apologise to a London-based Greek Cypriot lobby group after officers displayed the flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) at a festival last year. Groups representing the community have lambasted Metropolitan Police Service chiefs after it emerged that they […]
London police chiefs have apologised to a UK-based Greek Cypriot lobby group after officers displayed the flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) at a festival in the borough of Enfield. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) confirmed to T-VINE this week that it had recently issued an apology to the […]
The Turkish Cypriot Community Association in Harringay, North London, continues to be a vital hub for community matters and support. The organisation will be hosting a series of free events that are open to all. EVENT 1: Hate Crime Awareness Week discussion with police Thursday 18 October 2018, 11am-11.30am, English and Turkish The […]
Last Friday, tensions boiled over outside the Walthamstow Assembly Hall where pro-AKP government supporters had gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the attempted coup in Turkey. An assortment of anti-AKP protestors had gathered at the top of the driveway leading to the civic centre in Walthamstow. A few held signs demanding justice for sacked […]
