ITV’s hit skating show is set to make a triumphant return to screens tonight at 6pm. The series, which originally ran on air between 2006 and 2014, pairs famous faces alongside professional skaters, who each week perform in a bid to impress both the panel and the viewers at home. Kem Cetinay is one of […]
Dear T-VINE, This is a long shot – I am looking for someone called Emine Ahmet Hassan who I believe will probably be about 74 years old and from the Turk Cypriot community. Emine was living in London in the 1970s and had three children (two girls and a boy). The eldest girl was born […]
Veteran community activist Hasan Raif has died of cancer. He passed away in the early hours of the morning on the last day of 2017. The death of the married father of two has been greeted with universal sadness. Condolences were offered by Haringey Councillor Emine Ibrahim, who wrote on her Facebook and Twitter pages, […]
We all know Father Christmas’s birth place is Turkey, but legend suggests he’s been living happily in Lapland for centuries. According to a new video clip by online TV programme makers Neydi Olacağı, Santa is now residing with celebrity grandparents Ayşe aba and husband Kenan in their village in North Cyprus, enjoying the very best […]
Nurten Karahasan, the wife of one of Britain’s best known Turkish Cypriot politicians, has died. Her family announced that she had passed away at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead on Thursday. A mother of two grown-up sons, Mrs Karahasan had previously battled and beaten cancer. She had recently been admitted into hospital with […]
The British Turkish Cypriot community marked 100 years of migration to the United Kingdom with a cultural event at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) last Saturday. The event was organised by the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (CTCA) UK and featured a photo exhibit, a film screening, folk dancing by the Dr. Fazıl […]
The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations in Britain (CTCA UK) continues to celebrate the community’s centenary year in Britain with a special event at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in South Kensington on Saturday, 9 December. Film, a photography exhibition and Turkish Cypriot folk dancing all form part of this one-day extravaganza at […]
UPDATED: 22 Nov 2017, 12.30 The TRNC London Representative has announced that President Mustafa Akıncı will be in London next week. During his visit to the British capital – his first since being elected TRNC President in May 2015 – the Turkish Cypriot leader will be meeting with British Parliamentarians and giving a public conference about the Cyprus […]
A correspondence campaign regarding the Pegasus security clamp-down for flights from Ercan Airport to Britain is starting to bear fruit. The campaign was launched by the British Turkish Cypriot Association (BTCA), Embargoed! and T-VINE Magazine. One of the first to get active was Barnet resident and advertising consultant Sonya Karafistan. Her template letter to MPs […]
The UK’s sole Turkish origin representative in Parliament has been named as one of the principal spokespeople for the Liberal Democrats. Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece features in party leader Vince Cable’s new team, announced last week, with specific responsibility for Equalities, a role she also held in 2015. She is one of seventeen women in […]
