While much of the spotlight for the Turkish Parliamentary and Presidential elections has been on voters inside Turkiye, a sizeable part of the electorate actually lives abroad.Currently, 3.4 million overseas Turks have the right to vote in elections in Turkiye. The figure represents around 5% of the...
Sunday saw a record number of Turks go to the polls to vote in the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. All eyes were on the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and whether, after two decades in charge, he could hold on to the top job. A total of 64.1 million electorate, including 3.4 million cit...
Married women in Türkiye will be able to use their maiden name without any reference to their husbands’ surnames.The Turkish Constitutional Court has decided to annul Article 187 of the Turkish Civil Code, which compelled women to take their husbands’ surnames and ditch their own after marriage.The...
On Sunday 14 May 2023, millions of voters in Türkiye head to the polls for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.This year, the country celebrates its centenary as a Republic and Sunday’s vote is likely to go down as one of the most anticipated and pivotal days in the country’s history so far...
"There is a history of friendly relations and cooperation between the United Kingdom and Azerbaijan. As soon as our republic gained state independence in 1991, Great Britain was one of the first countries to recognize the independence of Azerbaijan. “Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom...
The president of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, Ersin Tatar was in London last week to meet with a host of British dignitaries and journalists to promote his two-state solution for Cyprus. Arriving in London on Monday, 27 March, President Tatar and his team quickly got down to business, atte...
The asylum bill introduced by the UK Government, in its current form, compels the Home Secretary to deny those refugees who arrive ‘irregularly’ access to the UK asylum system. If the bill passes, and it may, these asylum seekers, rather than being provided with protection, would be subject to dete...
The "Contract of the Century" has become a political and economic breakthrough for Azerbaijan in the 21st century. Undoubtedly, first of all, this is the merit of Heydar Aliyev, the creation of his mind, will, energy. Therefore, we will tell you about this epochal event, which has reverberated in th...
As we reach the end of the 2022, we look back at some of our biggest stories of the year, reflecting the highs and the lows of the British Turkish community.For many mainstream media in Britain, the defining moments of 2022 will include the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the Ukraine War, the climate c...
In Turkish, we say, “Ateş düştüğü yeri yakar”. This proverb, which translated means ‘an ember will burn where it falls’, is used to explain that only those who have endured a calamity can truly understand the deep and wretched misery that arises from it. I thought of this phrase as I walked arou...
