TBMag Issue 28 Is Here – And the World Looks Very Different This Spring

TurkishBritish Magazine’s 28th issue arrives at a moment when the word most commonly heard in living rooms, newsrooms and policy briefings is not opportunity – it is caution.

The cover says it plainly. A wooden figure. A red background. Two words: NO WAR. It needs no further explanation. But explanation is what Issue 28 delivers – across 25 pieces of original reporting, analysis and cultural coverage, in both English and Turkish.

The big stories in Issue 28:

The war that began on 28 February 2026 is this issue’s unavoidable subject. TBMag’s cover editorial examines the real costs of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran – not only in lives, but in oil prices, energy bills, supply chains and the economic anxiety spreading through British and Turkish households. We follow the Strait of Hormuz closure from the trading floors of London to the corridors of Ankara, asking what this conflict means for two communities with deep stakes in the region.

Our Dubai analysis traces what 15 days of conflict did to the world’s most aggressively marketed safe haven – and what British and Turkish investors stand to lose. The companion piece, From Beirut to Dubai to Nowhere, traces the longer arc of how money moves when the world becomes unsafe.

On UK-Turkey trade, we report from the BCCT forum at Portland Place – the high-level bilateral gathering that set out a new chapter for UK-Türkiye economic relations. We also examine Turkey’s crypto tax regime, the COP31 opportunity in Antalya, and the clean energy corridor that neither government has fully priced in.

In culture, the long-awaited screen adaptation of Macondo finally arrives. The Oscars delivered a reckoning. ONUR – the London indie-pop artist building a following on his own terms – gets his first major profile.

And the story we are most proud of in this issue: five Turkish students at the University of Sussex who beat hundreds of competitors from across the UK and Europe to win HackSussex 2026. Their project, Ditto, solved a real enterprise problem in 18 hours. They deserved more attention than they received. Now they have it.

Issue 28 of TurkishBritish Magazine is available now at tbmag.co.uk