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2 LondraGazete.com/English Londra Gazete, 28 July 2022

Met Police apologies to the

Turkish speaking coummnity

A course taught to trainee detec- scenario that centred on a Turk- study, which also includes incest,
tives in the Metropolitan Police has ish drug dealer who uses a Gurkha throat-slitting, self mutilation and
been dropped after university lec- knife to murder a Chinese mon- attacks on a disabled child.
turers said it was 'racist, misogynis- ey-launderer. Part of the case study which has
tic and discriminatory' and refused The training programme is taught been shared acorss social has als
to teach it. at four London universities - Brunel, been met by and outcry from the
The training programme con- Anglia Ruskin, the University of Turkish speaking community as
tained a case study which involved West London and the University of well as the Asian community.
stereotypes of Asian and Middle East London - and is outsourced to In a statement the Met said: “We
Eastern immigrants as drug dealers, a private company Babcock Interna- munities and directly to the Turkish Havva delivers a sun-kissed
would like to apologise to all com-
money launderers, rapists and child tional.
abusers, according to the Times. According to the Times, the Met's and Turkish Cypriot community
The newspaper reports that the crime academy and retired officers who have been affected, we are very song ‘Hands on me’
case study featured a role-playing helped draft and approve the case sorry that this has caused so much
TALENTED singer and songwrit-
Havva first auditioned for X Fac-
upset and we understand why... er Havva Rebke marked the sum- tor at the age of 18. She left during
Saying following complaints the mer with her new song 'Hands on her second run on The X Factor in
material was amended and having me'. Havva Rebke, 27, managed to the fall of 2015 after her mother
heard from community groups and stay in the last 6 among female con- was diagnosed with cancer. She was
members. testants in the X Factor competition able to return to competition after
Adding: “We would like to en- in 2015. her mother's remission. During the
courage more community members Havva, whose new single was re- 2015 X Factor run, she was men-
to join the Community Reference leased on July 1, 2022, was featured tored by Rita Ora, who served as a
Group and be an integral part of on BBC Radio. Known especially for guest judge in 2012.
the design and delivery of training her performances in The X Factor, Havva Rebke, one of the talent-
across all our programmes. We have Havva took part in the competi- ed young artists of London, whose
tion held in England in both 2012 name we see on the UK music
already seen the impact our com- and 2015. Havva, originally Turkish charts, met with music lovers with
munity led training has made on Cypriot and born and raised in Eng- her new single 'Hands on me'. The
our recruits and their deeper under- land, started singing at an early age new single, which has already at-
standing of communities across our under the influence of her father, tracted great attention and can be
diverse city...” 'Ali Babutsa', a professional singer. found on all digital platforms.