Exhibition displaying finalists of Aydın Doğan Cartoon competition opens in Bodrum

An exhibition displaying the 15 finalists of the 31st Aydın Doğan Cartoon Competition has opened in Bodrum with a ceremony including international jury members and 200 art enthusiasts.

During the ceremony held on June 18, the selection committee members, which consist of prominent national and international names in the cartoon world, were given plaques as an appreciation sign for their efforts.

Aydın Doğan Foundation Executive Board Chair Candan Fetvacı thanked all jury members for their efforts and congratulated them for their choices.

The selection committee was headed by Liza Donnelly, who is an award-winning cartoonist and writer for the New Yorker Magazine and Forbes. The jury also consists of famous figures: Ercan Akyol, Latif Demirci, Selçuk Demirel, Piyale Madra and Tan Oral from Turkey; Dokhshid Ghodratipour from Iran; Moacir Knorr Gutterres from Brazil; Catherine Meurisse from France; Lichuan Xia from China and Anita O’Brien from England, who is the director of the London Cartoon Museum.

“[We are so] proud that the winner of the competition is from Turkey,” Fetvacı said.

Fetvacı also added it was important that awards went to several countries from around the world while Turkey, Iran, Brazil and Poland became the most laureated countries this year.

Leading Turkish cartoonist Oral said the cartoons provided people with a sense of hope even when they depict pessimistic ideas about the world.

He also added there was no difference between Turkish cartoonists and other world-known artists.
“They say that cartoons and humor are the conscience of society. We encounter products of art form that point to problems [while] still infusing hope in this...