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
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
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 prison and continues to receive during the long
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 supporting, through their reporting, organisations that Turkey considers
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 Turkey's president is at pains to denounce cartoons and have them withdrawn, even if they are by foreign authors,
