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‘A blow to London’s Turkish
Cypriot Community’
EXCULISIVE
THE Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations,
Turkish Community Football Federation, Turkish
Language Culture and Education Consortium UK
and other non-governmental organisations came to-
gether on Tuesday, April 26, and held a public meet-
ing on the property located in D'Arblay Street, Soho.
Located in Soho, Central London, the building
was purchased in 1951 with the contributions of
the Turkish Cypriot community in England and the
financial support of then Prime Minster of Turkey
Adnan Menderes. The building was given to the only
Turkish Cypriot organisation at the time the Evkaf
Administration of Cyprus (Evkaf) so that individu-
al names would not be on the property. Hence, the
building was given to the Turkish... Page 2m

Day-Mer: "Gezi cannot be

prosecuted, the sentences
given are unacceptable"

THE Turkish-Kurdish Solidarity Center Day-Mer
issued a press release after the Gezi Park trial result-
ed in a conviction. The statement made by Day-Mer
they said: “We condemn the punishments imposed
on those who participated in the Gezi resistance,
which took place in 2013 and went down in Turkish
history as a popular resistance, on the front lines.
These punishments are proof that the Gezi resist-
ance, in which millions of workers and laborers par-
LONDONERS EVALUATE THE ticipated in order to defend nature... Page 3m

LOCAL ELECTION Average asking price in London

now £677,110
LONDONERS will be heading to the try's overall leadership. Over the past be 66. The region with the highest con- LONDON house prices have risen across all
polls next week in their local elections two years, local issues such as planning centration of Turkish, Turkish Cypriot boroughs this month to hit another record
where residents across the country use permission, public transport, climate and Kurdish candidates is Enfield with a high, with the average asking price now stand-
their voters to express their views on change and crime have all become focal total of 33. Followed by 11 in Waltham ing at £677,110. A year-on-year rise of 6.6 per
how things are going in their area. Lo- points of discussion in London, giving Forest and 8 in Hackney. Candidates can cent, according to Rightmove’s latest property
cal elections in London are held every prospective councillors the opportunity also be found across Haringey, Bexley, market data, and an increase of 1.9 per cent
four years – meaning seats in London's to address these issues in every borough Croydon, Camden, Ealing, Lambeth and from last month. The long-awaited end of Cov-
32 boroughs will be up for grabs where of the city. According to the research con- Wandsworth. This week, Londra Gazete id-19 restrictions, with the subsequent reopen-
Londoners can use this opportunity to ducted by the Londra Gazete in the past as community members living in Lon- ing of offices and cultural attractions, has been
use their vote to reflex their view on; lo- weeks, the number of Turkish-speaking don get ready to head to the polls about tempting buyers back to the capital... Page 4m
cal issues to issues related to the coun- candidates in this year's elections will what issues do they... Page 4m