The Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition is organized every year in Turkey by the Aydın Doğan Foundation.
This year, 564 cartoonists from 63 countries participated in the competition, which brings together artists from all over the world who bring different ideas and beliefs into cartoons and allows them to express their art, with a total of 1,531 works.
The jury,
composed of international members: Antonio Antunes from Portugal - President, Ercan Akyol from Turkey, Fawzy Morsy from Egypt, Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu from Turkey, Liza Donnelly from USA, Marlene Pohle from Argentina, Piyale Madra from Turkey, Pol Leurs from Luxembourg, and Tan Oral from Turkey.
Winners of the 38th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition:
First Prize: Engin Selçuk - Turkey
Second Prize: Mahmood Nazari - Iran
Third Prize: Marco De Angelis - Italy
Special Award "Empowered Girls, Empowered Futures": Fethi Gürcan Mermertaş - Turkey
Success Award: Nikola Listes, Croatia
Success Award: Halit Kurtulmuş Aytoslu, Turkey
Success Award: Şevket Yalaz, Turkey