447 cartoonists from 58 countries participated in the competition with a total of 952 cartoons.
We would like to thank esteemed international jurors who took their time and evaluated the cartoons in this important human-oriented competition; Alireza Pakdel (Iran), Marco De Angelis (Italy), Pawel Kuczynk (Poland), Rudy Gheysens (Belgium), Jitet Koestana (Indonesia), Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan), Hüseyin Çakmak (Cyprus), Ender Merter (Turkey), Necdet Yılmaz (Turkey), Alper Özkan (Turkey), Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu (Turkey) and Doğan Arslan (Turkey).
The first 126 finalist cartoons selected by the voting of the juries have been published on our website.
The Advisory Board evaluated 10 objections from different countries within the framework of serious similarity, copy or stolen ideas in cartoon works. We would like to thank the esteemed Advisory Board for the evaluation; Emre Becer, Selçuk Hünerli, Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, Levent Mercin, Salih Denli, Necdet Yılmaz ve Doğan Arslan.
An award ceremony will be held in December regarding the cartoons that were awarded and entitled to be exhibited in the competition. The announcement regarding the ceremony and exhibition will be made public in the following weeks.
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First Prize: FATiH AKSULAR - TURKEY |
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Second Prize: ANGEL BOLIGAN CORBO - MEXICO
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Third Prize: MARCO D'AGOSTINO - ITALY
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Honorable Mention
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Honorable Mention: EMIL IDZIKOWSKI - POLAND
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Honorable Mention: MUSA GUMUS - TURKEY
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Honorable Mention: HİKMET ÇİL - TURKEY
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Kaan Ertem Special Award: YAVUZ ÖZHAN ÖNÜR - TURKEY
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Prof. Dr. Arash Pirat Special Award: MIHATOV - CROTIA
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Sevgi Aydemir Gecegörmez Special Award: ESMAEIL BABAEI - IRAN
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