Tens of thousands filled the 3rd Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival
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Tens of thousands of people filled the Enfield Athletic field, as the large crowds grew more and more throughout the day to the point organisers had to close the entre for a short period of time as the crowds were had filled the limit of people allowed into the area.
On Sunday 30 June the 3rd Turkish Cypriot Culture festival took place in Enfiled, North London. Thousands of members of the Turkish speaking committee flocked to the festival from near and far.
Along with thousands of local people for the borough and many more who have been following the festival online, all made the day with the sun shining and warm weather, people of all ages and backgrounds joining together to enjoy all the festival had to offer and learning about the Turkish Cypriot culture.
With two stages set with a full program of music, performances and entertainment were nonstop for the start to finish of the day. The second stage that hosted the Mid Summer Ball for the first time this year saw 20 Turkish Cypriot DJ’s plus a host of special guest and performs for the crowds such as Tamer Hassan, DJ Ramsey, Havva from X-factor, DJ Fen, Mr Jones and many more names.
Other performs took to the stage to showcase the best of Turkish Cypriot culture and arts such as Rock band SOS, ‘O Ses’ finalist Ibrahim Sevki, Pop singer Peri Aziz, young singers Yasmin Nafi and Tanyel Hassan, theatre performer Osman Balikicoglu and more will all be taking to the stage.
Another crowd favourite was the food stalls with each stall offer delicious Cypriot food it was no surprise that everyone was queuing up to place their orders. Bring more tradition to the festival was the children’s favourite the donkey rides and this year’s big funfair rides.
Nearly 100 stalls took their places at the festivals, with visitors coming up to see what they had to offer, from food stalls, crafts, travel, construction and many many more. Children enjoying the fun fair area which was filled, picnic tables full, everyone enjoying Cypriot food, desserts and pastries.
Local MP Joan Ryan, councillors from Enfield and many Turkish speaking councillors from London and political party members such as Ian Duncan Smith, deputy Mayor of London Rajesh Agrawal, TRNC Representative Oya Tuncalı and the Turkish consul general Çınar Ergin. Also taking their place this year at the festival for the first time was the Turkish Building Contractors Association (TBCA) along with 9 construction and real estate companies’ members from North Cyprus.
Making their mark on this summer this year’s 3rd Turkish Cypriot festival was a day filled with celebration.
