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By Engin Dervişağa……..
For this Vox Pop show, I went along to to the Girne home of Danish Afridi who came to Northern Cyprus in 2003 from Pakistan. He studied for a degree in Business Management at Girne American University where he graduated in 2006 and obtained a further degree in 2015 and currently works as the Night Supervisor at the Hotel Pia Bella in Girne.
By popular demand I am delighted together with my colleague Qossay Eleyan to broadcast again an interesting report on “Discovering North Cyprus” about the Mevlevi Tekke Museum which is a tekke in Lefkosa near the Kyrenia Gate in Northern Cyprus. It has historically been used by the Mevlevi Order (Whirling Dervishes) and now serves as a museum and is one of the most important historical and religious buildings on the island.
It is traditionally believed that the building was built in the early 17th century, on a piece of land donated by a lady called Emine Hatun. It is rumoured by the locals that she is buried in a grave without any inscriptions, located to the northeast of the tomb in the tekke. According to another view, the tekke is located on land donated by Arab Ahmed Pasha and Haydar Paşazade Fatma Hanım. According to the Evkaf Administration, the
tekke was initially built in 1593 by Arab Ahmed Pasha on a plot of land owned by him and then enlarged into a complex using land donated by Emine Hatun.
According to documents from Ottoman archives from 1593, a mevlevi tekke named after Arab Ahmed Pasha was built on a plot of land donated by him and built near the Kyrenia Gate. This tekke was ruined by 1607 and Ferhad Pasha built a mevlevi tekke on its foundations and named it after him in 1607.
This show will be transmitted on BRT2 on Monday 17th July at 19.00pm and repeated on Sunday 23rd July at 12.20pm
To go direct to BRT 2 TV to watch these shows by live streaming on your PC at Cyprus local time click here
I also produce the Vox Pop TV show which features interviews with many people living in North Cyprus and this is screened on BRT2 on Sundays at 15.oopm and again on Tuesdays at 18.30pm If you wish you can also watch a number of my past Vox Pop shows which can be selected for viewing by clicking here
For Radio Lovers do also tune in and join me on BRT Radio on Saturday at 19.00pm for my programme Top Twenty which is compiled by DJ Bora and this show is repeated on Sunday at 15.00pm. We are transmitting this on 6.150 MH/z. Short-wave, 87.8 and 105 FM Stereo.
You can also tune in to live streaming of this radio show on your PC by clicking here.If you wish you can also watch a number of my past Vox Pop shows which can be selected for viewing by clicking here
For this week’s Vox Pop programme, I went with my BRT2 TV recording crew to the I Belli Restaurant in Karakum, Girne to meet with 
Richard Chamberlain who was holding an exhibition there of photographs which he had taken during his national service army days in Cyprus in 1954/55.
There are many photographs of Famagusta, where Richard was stationed, and the surrounding areas and also Kyrenia and other areas of Cyprus taken when Richard and his brother had some time to tour around the island. It was a wonderful collection showing everyday life in Cyprus way back in 1954/55.
My interview with Richard will be screened on Sunday 16th July at 15.00pm and it will be repeated on Tuesday 18th July at 18.30pm so do tune in to join me on my show, Vox Pop on BRT2 Television.
To go direct to BRT2 TV to watch these shows by live streaming on your PC at Cyprus local time click here and select the BRT2 channel in the viewing screen.
If you wish you can also watch a number of my past Vox Pop shows which can be selected for viewing by clicking here
For Radio Lovers do also tune in and join me on BRT Radio on Saturday at 19.00pm for my programme Top Twenty which is compiled by DJ Bora and this show is repeated on Sunday at 15.00pm. We are transmitting this on 6.150 MH/z. Short-wave, 87.8 and 105 FM Stereo.
You can also tune in to live streaming of this radio show on your PC by clicking here and select FM105 Bayrak International.
By popular demand, I am delighted together with my colleague Qossay Eleyan to bring you a repeat of an interesting report on “Discovering North Cyprus” about the Selimiye Mosque, historically known as Cathedral of Saint Sophia, which is a former Roman Catholic cathedral converted into a mosque and located within the ancient city wall of Lefkosa.
It is said that the construction of the cathedral began in 1209, when Thierry, the Archbishop of Cyprus, laid the foundations of the cathedral, however, there are claims of evidence indicating an earlier beginning date but by the end of the 13th century many additions had been made to the original structure.
With the arrival of the Ottomans in Cyprus, they laid a 50 day siege to the city in 1570 and the cathedral provided refuge for a great number of people. When the city finally fell on 9th September 1570 the cathedral was stormed by Ottoman soldiers who converted it into a mosque for a prayer session on the 15th September 1570, which was attended by their commander Lala Mustafa Pasha and saw the official conversion of the cathedral into a mosque.
This show will be transmitted on BRT2 on Monday 10th July at 19.00pm and repeated on Sunday 16th July at 12.20pm
To go direct to BRT2 TV to watch these shows by live streaming on your PC at Cyprus local time click here and select the BRT2 channel in the viewing screen.
I also produce the Vox Pop TV show which features interviews with many people living in North Cyprus and this is screened on BRT2 on Sundays at 15.oopm and again on Tuesdays at 18.30pm If you wish you can also watch a number of my past Vox Pop shows which can be selected for viewing by clicking here
For Radio Lovers do also tune in and join me on BRT Radio on Saturday at 19.00pm for my programme Top Twenty which is compiled by DJ Bora and this show is repeated on Sunday at 15.00pm. We are transmitting this on 6.150 MH/z. Short-wave, 87.8 and 105 FM Stereo.
You can also tune in to live streaming of this radio show on your PC by clicking here and select FM105 Bayrak International.
For this week’s Vox Pop show, I went with my camera team to meet the Cyprus Turkish French Cultural Association in Lefkosa who were holding their 2017 music festival to co-ordinate with the Fête De La Musique Festival which is held every year.
The “Fête de la Musique” [“International Music Day”] is an annual music festival taking place on June 21 around the world. It was created by ex-French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang and first took place in 1982 in Paris.
Ever since, the Festival has been celebrated in more than 460 cities in 110 countries, including Germany, Italy, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Australia, Vietnam, Congo, Cameroon, Fiji, Colombia, Chile, Nepal and Japan.
Please tune in to my Vox Pop show on BRT2 Television on Sunday 9th July at 15.00pm to learn all about the Fête De La Musique Festival and this show will be repeated on Tuesday 11th July at 18.30am.
To go direct to BRT 2 TV to watch these shows by live streaming on your PC at Cyprus local time click here and if you want to learn more of Bayrak Radio and Television click here
If you wish you can also watch a number of my past Vox Pop shows which can be selected for viewing by clicking here
For Radio Lovers do also tune in and join me on BRT Radio on Saturday at 19.00pm for my programme Top Twenty which is compiled by DJ Bora and this show is repeated on Sunday at 15.00pm. We are transmitting this on 6.150 MH/z. Short-wave, 87.8 and 105 FM Stereo or tune click here