Cartoonist Musa Kart (centre) with his colleagues after the release. Photo Cumhuriyet The 16th criminal chamber of the Supreme Court decided to suspend the execution of the sentences of the five journalists of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet. Their release is ordered. The acquittal comes after
Short documentary on Kart Muse produced by Cartooning for Peace. In the video, the author explains, among other things, his sentimental relationship with cartooning and thanks readers and "the cartoonist family of the world" for the support he received during the time he spent in
Erdogan, in the shadow of his caricature "Charlie Hebdo: You are bastards. You are sons of bitches. This is how he addressed Serdar ÇamTurkey's deputy minister of culture and tourism, to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at Twitter, The story is just another chapter
Three newly graduated university students at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara, four according to other sources, were arrested for carrying banners that, according to a statement from the public prosecutor's office on 7 July, insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The statement did
Turkey sentences 14 journalists of the daily Cumhuriyet to prison for terrorism. A court in Istanbul convicted 14 employees of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from two and a half to seven and a half years on charges of
April 2016 cartoon by Dutchman Oppenheimer that Erdogan didn't like Erdogan has a big problem with cartoons, he will be remembered, among other things, for his persecution of artists and anything else that moves. Turkey's president is at pains to denounce cartoons and have them
Ted Rall v. Los Angeles Times Ted Rall's cartoon on pedestrian fines (2015) In July 2015, the Los Angeles Times fired cartoonist Ted Rall. The reason was a text by the cartoonist entitled:"LAPD crackdown on pedestrians - don't the police have anything better to do?"
Cartoonist Musa Kart, along with nine of his colleagues from the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, is 43 days in prison today. Photograph and names of the 10 imprisoned Since the fourth day of the journalists' detention, the newspaper has published on its masthead a counter of
Although it is not a topic that is high on the media's "news" agenda here, the Erdogan government's machinery of repression is still in full swing in Turkey. During the so-called "great purge" at least 130 journalists have been arrested and some 150 media outlets
Erdogan and freedoms. The cartoon of Sunday 07/10/16 on CTXT For Erdogan, freedoms are a dead letter. And press freedom is no exception. After wiping out a lot of newspapers, closing radio stations and TV channels, he is continuing with the big purge in which
In 2017, professional cartoonists from all backgrounds, sensibilities and continents came together around a project: to have cartoons in the press recognised as a fundamental right at the international level. While freedom of expression, in general, is a fundamental right recognised as such, although it
