Online Talk “The Effect of COVID on Communities from Turkey and Kurdistan”
Israfil Erbil was born in 1972 in Maraş, Afşin. He moved to London with his family at the age of 15 in 1987 and started to work as a textile worker. He studied English for one year at Hackney College between 1989-90. Since 1990, he has been engaged in commercial activities with his family. Between 2009-2013, he was the president of England Alevi Cultural Center and Cemevi. In 2013 he became the founding president of the British Alevi Federation.