TY - JOUR T1 - Reflections on the riots in Hackney JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 634 LP - 634 DO - 10.3399/bjgp11X601442 VL - 61 IS - 591 AU - Mike Fitzpatrick Y1 - 2011/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/61/591/634.abstract N2 - Unlike some surgeries around the country, ours was neither attacked nor forced to close during the recent riots in England, although major street-fighting and looting took place in nearby Dalston and Tottenham. Shops close by in Stoke Newington were largely spared as a result of the mobilisation of the local Turkish community to defend shops and restaurants from the mobs threatening to extend their raids from Mare Street further north.The Turkish mobilisation revealed a stark contrast between the cultures in the north and south of the borough, the former more independent and entrepreneurial, the latter more atomised and dependent on welfare and other forms of state intervention. The Turkish community is large and diverse, but it has strong … ER -