13 Facts About Ibrahim Dogus

Ibrahim Dogus is founder of the Centre for Turkey Studies and Centre for Kurdish Progress, and an active organiser for the Turkish and Kurdish community in London and the UK.

Ibrahim Dogus is a British Labour Party politician, serving as a Lambeth Borough councillor.

Ibrahim Dogus took over the restaurant Troia on London's South Bank after university.

Ibrahim Dogus now owns three restaurants: Troia, Westminster Kitchen, and Cucina, all close to Westminster Bridge.

Ibrahim Dogus attracted media attention in 2017 when he fed hundreds of emergency service workers for free at Troia in the wake of the 2017 Westminster attack: all three of his restaurants were located in the cordoned-off exclusion zone near the attack.

Ibrahim Dogus is the owner of the beer brand Bira, which is produced under contract by Molson Coors UK, and marketed as the world's first beer made as an accompaniment to kebabs.

Ibrahim Dogus condemns any individual, organisation or business that does not pay its taxes fully.

Ibrahim Dogus is founder of the Centre for Kurdish Progress.

Ibrahim Dogus became a commentator on Turkish, Kurdish and UK politics.

Ibrahim Dogus was the parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for the Cities of London and Westminster constituency in the June 2017 UK general election, having previously stood unsuccessfully for selection in Enfield Southgate in 2014 to contest the 2015 general election.

Ibrahim Dogus was re-elected in 2022 to represent the Waterloo and South Bank ward.

In October 2019, Ibrahim Dogus was shortlisted to be the Labour candidate for the seat of Vauxhall in South London, losing out to Florence Eshalomi.

In November 2019, Ibrahim Dogus was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for West Bromwich East following the decision by the incumbent MP and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson, to resign at the 2019 general election.