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33rd Day-Mer Culture and Art Festival underway

THE Day-Mer Culture and Art
Festival will be held for the 33rd
time this year, last week the busy
festival program started with a
photograph exhibition followed
by a reception held last Wednes-
day, June 15.
Turkish and Kurdish Commu-
nity Solidarity Center (Day-Mer)
Culture and Art Festival reception
took place at the North London
Community Centre. Many trade
unionists, politicians, campaign
representatives as well as mem-
bers attended the event.
In her speech at the opening of
the reception, Day-Mer President
Aslı Gül summarized the 33-year
adventure and said that one of
the most important reasons why 18 June. tablished within Day-Mer, was worker who gave them to them. I Poverty’
the festival attracted so much Oney Kasap representing the also opened held last week within leave it as a legacy." 1 July 6.30 pm: Panel ‘Current
attention was that it became the Unity Union, NUT representative, the festival program, while a pan- Upcoming program: Developments and Labour Move-
product of a common struggle be- TUC representative, Democratic el which looked at the stuggle of 23 June – 03 July: Art Exhibi- ments in Turkey’
tween local workers and unions. Force Union representative, poli- labours was also held last Thurs- tion 3 July 2-7.30 pm: Park Festival
Gül drew attention to the in- ticians and campaign spokesper- day with Journalists Arif Bektas 24-29 June at 7.30 pm: Theatre
crease in the cost of living, rac- sons also spoke at the reception, and Faruk Eskioglu. Eskioğlu also performance ‘women too lost the (Clissold Park)
ism and attacks on workers and where DAY-MER Women’s Choir said: "I remember the continua- war’ For more information on the
labourers and called for partici- took the stage. tion of production in the society 25 June at 1 pm: End of Term festival activities, you can call
pation in the “We Deserve Better” The photography exhibition of with its workers who worked un- Course Event 02072758440 or email info@day-
march organized by the unions on the Laps Photography Club, es- til they vomited blood like that 26 June at 4 pm: Panel”Deeping mer.org

Ministry of Justice orders a new All Covid-19 requirements

Inspection into Tottenham Park lifted for entry to Turkey

Cemetery and Cyprus

THE Covid-19 test require-
Crossings between the north
ment for traveller entering, and south continue without the
ownership of Mr Peter Demetri- Turkey and Cyprus this summer obligation to test for coronavirus
ou, the cemetery is being man- have now ended. regardless of whether they are
aged on his behalf by Demetriou Traveller will now be able to
& English Funeral Directors Lim- entre regardless of whether they vaccinated or not.
ited. are vaccinated or unvaccinated,
In a statement, the Tottenham are not required to fill out any In the South of Cyprusas since
Park Cemetery Action Group entry forms or carry out any the 1 June 2022, passengers
Chair Fevzi Hussein said: “We Covid test before their travel. travelling have not be required
welcome this second inspection According to the written state- to present any vaccination or
into this cemetery, which has ment made by the Ministry of recovery certificates or negative
been poorly managed for many Health of the Turkish Republic COVID test results.
years, and declared full. It’s un- of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) as of The Ministry of Internal Af-
fortunate that many families who 13 June, those who come to the fairs of the Republic of Turkey
have contacted us have had poor country will be able to enter the stated that as of June 1, passen-
experiences. We have been cam- country without the obligation gers arriving in Turkey are no
paigning for years that our loved to test for COVID-19, regardless longer required to present proof
ones, laid to rest here are treated of whether they are vaccinated of vaccination or negative PCR
with the dignity and respect as or unvaccinated. test results.
THE Ministry for Justice has A key finding in 2019 was that others are in well run cemeteries.
ordered a new inspection of Tot- the cemetery, ‘which opened in We look forward to its findings”
tenham Park Cemetery to be car- 1912, was originally intended for Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece has
ried out immediately. 7000 burials now has more than introduced a Private Members
The Justice Minister has ap- 45,000 burials.’ Bill call ‘Private Burial Grounds
pointed Dr Ian Emir Hussein, In 2018 human remains were and Cemeteries Bill’ had its first
who is an international expert reported by community mem- reading in the House of Lords on
in cemeteries, to carry out the bers, as well as a number of com- June 15th, aiming to change the
inspection. He has been asked plaints regarding the cemetery’s law, so that private cemeteries are
to carry out a thorough inspec- management and maintenance. regulated to the same standard as
tion and present his report to the Scotland Yard said that bones dis- local council-run cemeteries. She
Minister within a month. covered at Tottenham Park cem- commented “I hope my Bill will
This is the second inspection to etery were forensically examined bring about changes in burial laws
be ordered by the Ministry of Jus- and confirmed as human. to enforce good management and
tice, the first one was completed The cemetery owners at the proper regulations of all private
in January 2019, when recom- time Tottenham Park Cemetery cemeteries to a high standard. For
mendations from that Report Ltd then went into liquidation too long our community has put
were made. and since 2019 under the new up with sub-standard conditions”