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AUTHOR ELIF ŞAFAK officer Hasan Berkul will
Turkish Cypriot police

NOMINATED FOR THE MASTERCHEF set out again to find Britain's
compete in MasterChef

WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION best amateur chef, but this time Hasan Berkül from
North London's Enfield district will also compete.
MasterChef first appeared on our screens in 1990.
Presented by Loyd Grossman, 3 contestants in each
series competed to be crowned Britain's best am-
ateur chef. From these humble beginnings, Mas-
terChef has continued to be the most successful
fact-entertainment format in the world, consist-
ently breaking records and winning awards. This
year, the jury shuffles through a whole new set of
challenges that passionate amateurs must complete
to advance in the competition... Page 3m

Majority of Londoners say
looming council tax bill

hikes are unjustified

NEARLY two thirds of Londoners say looming
hikes in council tax are not justified, a new poll re-
veals on Wednesday. The YouGov survey for the
Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End In-
stitute found 64 per cent of adults in the capital do
not believe the council tax rises in April are justified,
with just 20 per cent saying they are. The majority
of the city’s 33 boroughs are planning to raise their
share of bills by the maximum 2.99 per cent permit-
ted by the Government. When the 8.8 per cent hike
in London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s share of bills is added,
this will push up benchmark Band D bills for a typical
household by at least £70 a year in... Page 4m

Buket Kop appointed as TRNC
representative in Abu Dhabi

ELİF ŞAFAK was nominated in the among the six books previously nomi- the best of the year, will be published by THE Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’s
Women's Prize for Fiction for her lat- nated for the Edward Stanford Award in Doğan Kitap in Turkey in 2022. Şafak (TRNC) London Consul Buket Kop has been ap-
est novel 'The Island of Missing Trees', the literature category, and later on the was also included in the fiction shortlist pointed the new TRNC Representative for Abu Dha-
which was published in England and Costa Novel Award list. 'Island of Miss- of the 2022 Edward Stanford Awards. bi. Kop, who has been working in the TRNC London
the USA last year. The book was previ- ing Trees', which has been acclaimed The winner of the award, which was an- Representation Office for many years, will be start-
ously nominated for the Edward Stan- in the UK and the USA since the day it nounced at the beginning of March, was ing her new role as the TRNC Abu Dhabi Represent-
ford Award and the Costa Novel Award. was published, many articles have been Leila Slimani with her book 'The Coun- ative on August 1, 2022 and will be stationed in the
The Island of Missing Trees, which was published about it, and is on the lists of try Of Others'... Page 2m Middle East until July 31, 2023... Page 2m