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 not initially specify which posters were the reason ... Read more
Seyfi Sahin's cartoon for which he has been convicted and which was also the reason for the closure of Girgir magazine by its editors in 2017. The cartoonist Seyfi Sahinthe cartoonist, who worked for the popular satirical magazine Girgir, was sentenced today to a prison term of one year and 15 days for"insulting ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Osama Nazzal in his study disturbed by Israeli soldiers The regional representative of CRNI in Palestine, Mohammed Saba'aneh reports an Israeli military attack on the home of a fellow cartoonist Osama Nazzal. Saba'aneh says he received a call from Nazzal after soldiers raided his home, ransacked his studio and confiscated some of his ... Read more
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