Turkish London

Cityultimas guide to Turkish London provides list of Turkish Organisations, events and Turkish Businesses. Find the Turkish Embassy in London, the Turkish Consulate. Because of the large Turkish Community in London, there are lots of opportunities to buy Turkish Goods . Turkish Grocers selling traditional Turkish Food are found all over London. Turkish International in Walthamstow and South Woodford, as well as Turkish Grocers in North London, Ealing, Dalston and Green Lanes sell Dolma, Fruit and Vegetables shipped fresh from Turkey (The fruit and veg taste much better than supermarket food, but doesn't last as long). London is also a good place to buy Turkish Coffee, with the Algerian coffee store on old compton road being one of the best.

Travel to Turkey

There are many Turkish Travel Agents in London, specialising in flights and holidays to Turkey, and in particular Northern Cyprus. All along Green Lanes in Haringay you will find Turkish Travel Agents

History of Turkish London

Since the first wave of Turkish Cypriots fled their increasingly unstable and divided island to seek refuge in Britain in the 1950s and 60s, the number of Turkish immigrants has continued to increase. It is estimated that there are now more than 200,000 Turkish-speaking people in the UK, most of them in London.

Many in the Turkish speaking communities have successfully settled in different parts of London, notably in Hackney and Haringey, but also in Lewisham, Lambeth, Southwark, Croydon, Enfield and Islington.

Nowhere is the presence of the Turkish community more obvious than on Kingsland Road in Hackney. There, from Dalston to Stoke Newington, you will find an array of Turkish shops, cafes, Markets, Mosques and businesses that give a genuine flavour of Turkey. bbc.co.uk