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Cartoon by Seyfi Sahin in the latest GirGir magazine In February 2017, the Turkish publishing house Estetik closed its magazine GirGir, which was distributed as a free weekly supplement of the daily "Sözcü," and fired all its employees. Enlarge turkish publisher closes its satirical magazine for "offending religious values" The publishers said they
Cover illustration by Riber Hansson (Sweden) Cartooning for Peace has presented its Report on the situation of cartoonists worldwide 2016/2017 In 31 pages, a review of the most significant cases of censorship, persecution, dismissals, assaults, imprisonment and other threats faced by cartoonists from different countries. Most of these cases are also compiled in
Arifur Rahman in a March 2016 photo On 1 March 2017, a man violently broke into the exhibition of cartoonist Arifur Rahman "Arif". He unhung and took away four of the twenty-five works on display, as reported by Human Rights Service on 24 March. The exhibition was related to newly arrived asylum seekers
Abdullah Jaber cartoon of 28/12/15 I don't fully understand this story because it's confusing and because I think it lacks answers to some important questions. Even so, I have decided to follow it and include it in the list because it seems that it could be another case of censorship, but also of
That is what a Turkish court has found in condemning the authors of this cover. Two cartoonists from the Turkish satirical magazine Penguen have been fined for a cartoon that has been interpreted as an insult to the Turkish president. According to sources, a Turkish citizen named Cem Safcer filed a complaint with
