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Issue 07

 

Homo Homini Lupus - Editorial

Some Turkish people, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for labelling individuals, organisations or even other societies within neatly labelled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions.

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Turkish Cypriot Businessman Receives Entrepreneur of The Year Award

Mustafa Kamil, The Managing Director of JJ Foodservices, earned top honours by receiving The Credit Suisse Entrepreneur of the Year Award at a gala ceremony at the Grosvenor House in London on Tuesday, 8th November. The award was presented by Charles Egerton-Warburton, Head of Onshore Private Banking UK Credit Suisse...

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A Week in the Life of... {Ozan Sakar}

I have spent almost 8 years in Britain now. I started my IGCSE’s in 1998, with a full scholarship given in the name of the President of the Republic of Turkey, at the Turkish International Lycee in Cambridge. After my IGCSE’s, I transferred to St. Clare’s College to study for my International Baccalaureate.

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Building Dialogue & Tolerance Between Communities - Interview

This month James met with Kerim Balci to talk about all that mattered for a Turkish Journalist & Intellectual and the the Chairman of Centre for Intercultural Dialogue Studies.

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The Dialogue Society

“We envisage a world of peace, love and prosperity;
where diversity is not shunned but celebrated;
where communities understand and appreciate one another;
where goodness is performed selflessly
without expectation of reward;
where people have the maturity and resolution
to commit to intercultural, interfaith and
intercommunal dialogue …”

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Turkey and the EU: How big is the gap?

An independent think tank group Policy Exchange sought an answer to the question of “How big is the gap” between EU and Turkey at it's Westminster event on 9th of November.

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Celebrating Republic Day

29 October, one of the most important turning points in near Turkish history and the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was celebrated with many different ways by different Turkish Organisations in UK.

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Ersin Atli Makes His Directorial Debut

In association with UMG Records, Ersin Atli directed and produced the music video entitled "Reminiscing" by the artist Leo. The production of the recording is now complete and is in the development of post production...

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“Ottoman Kaside in London”, unearthed by Emre Araci after 150 years

Sultan Abdulaziz was the first and only Ottoman King who visited England in 1867's summer as an official guest of Queen Victoria. To his honour, an English chorus with 1600 singers recited a Turkish "kaside" (a type of musical praise poem) in London's Crystal Palace.

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PCRF Organises Cancer Awareness Day Symposium for the Turkish Community

Pro Cancer Research Fund (PCRF) committee organized an awareness day symposium on Sunday 13th November for the Turkish Speaking Community at Alexander Palace North London Sponsored by London Turkish Radio.

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Careers evening by ATA

The careers evening organised by ATA in November was a very successful one bringing together many jobseekers among the Turkish community and informing them about 'How to write a CV, interviewing techniques, Certificate Programs and Work Principles'.

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TBA elects its new Executive Committee at AGM

Turkish Bankers Association (TBA) held their Annual General Meeting at the halls of the British Bankers Association on Liverpool Street on 11th November. The AGM started with Sevki Acuner, the chairman of the association giving a speech about the projects they'd organised in the last term and other potential projects in the pipeline for TBA.

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Ekonomi Magazine Wins H.E.N Award

Ekonomi magazine carries the economic news and views of the Turkish community in the UK. The Hackney Enterprise Network (HEN) Awards Panel judged that the Ekonomi team had developed a professional and polished niche publication...

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