Turkish cartoonist wins first prize at Aydın Doğan Cartoon Contest

The Aydın Doğan Cartoon Competition announces its winners. Turkish cartoonist Kürşat Zaman, who was awarded with the third prize in the competition in 2010, won the first prize this year A Turkish cartoonist has come out on top at the 31st Aydın Doğan Cartoon Contest, which kicked off in Bodrum on June 17 with a day-long session where judges got together to select the winner.

Kürşat Zaman, who was awarded with the third prize in the competition in 2010, won the first prize this year. His winning work depicts an airport scene where a military plane delivers the coffins of those who died in a war as families await their deceased loved ones around a baggage carousel.

The second prize of the contest went to Iranian artist Mojtaba Heidarpanah and third prize went to Krzysztof Grzondziel, who was last year’s winner.

Cartoons by Doğan Arslan, Akın Candemir, Menekşe Çam and Burak Ergin from Turkey, Rafael Correa and Rodrigo Machado da Rosa from Brazil, Pawel Kuczynski from Poland, Peter Nieuwendijk from Netherland, Alireza Pakdel, Sajad Rafeei, and Farzaneh Vazifitabar from Iran, Zhang Wei from China all won Merit Awards at this year’s contest.

The winner, Zaman, was born in Antalya in 1974. He has participated in many competitions and been awarded over 60 prizes since 2002. He has had two solo exhibitions in Istanbul, and participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey.

31st Aydın Doğan Cartoon CompetitionA total of 814 cartoonists from 70 countries joined the competition with 2,556 pieces this year.

The international committee, which gathered at Bodrum’s Işıl Club, evaluated 300 cartoons by 214 artists from 43 countries...