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Akbaba (periodical)
''Akbaba'' (Turkish: ''Vulture'') was a former satire and humor magazine published in Turkey. The title refers to the long life of the bird of prey. The magazine was headquartered in Istanbul. History ''Akbaba'' was founded in 1922 by Yusuf Ziya Ortaç and Orhan Seyfi Orhon. The first issue appeared on 7 December 1922. Ortaç became the sole owner and publisher of the magazine after he bought the shares of Orhon. Ortaç died on 11 March 1967, and his son Engin Ortaç took over the magazine. ''Akbaba'' continued to be published until 28 December 1977. Its total publication term (including interruptions) lasted 55 years. During the early years, it was published twice a week. By 1944, it became a weekly. Its early issues were in the traditional Arabic script. Following the introduction of the new Turkish Latin alphabet, it continued in the new Turkish script. Interruptions ''Akbaba'' paused publication twice; in the 1931-1933 term and in the 1950-1951 term. But following both int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humor Magazine
A humor magazine is a magazine specifically designed to deliver humorous content to its readership. These publications often offer satire and parody, but some also put an emphasis on cartoons, caricature, absurdity, one-liners, witty aphorisms, surrealism, neuroticism, gelotology, emotion-regulating humor, and/or humorous essays. Humor magazines first became popular in the early 19th century with specimens like ''Le Charivari'' (1832–1937) in France, ''Punch'' (1841–2002) in the United Kingdom and '' Vanity Fair'' (1859–1863) in the United States. Contemporary humor magazines Out-of-print humor magazines {, class="sortable wikitable" , - ! width="110", Title ! width="75", Language ! width="45", Country ! width="80", Years published ! width="100", Notable Contributors ! width="50", Frequency ! width="100", Medium ! width="100", Classification , - , '' Army Man'' , English , USA , 1988–1990 , George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jack Handey, Mark O'Donnell , 3 issues , Pape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazım Hikmet Ran
A nazim is the coordinator of a city or town in Pakistan. Nazim or variant spellings may also refer to: *Nazim (given name), including a list of people with the given name *Nazim (surname) Nazim also spelled Nadhem, Nadhim, Nadhum or Nazem; ar, ناظم) is an Arabic-based surname. As the pronunciation of the Arabic letter Ẓāʾ is often closer to a strong "d" sound, therefore the name's pronunciation differs based on the spoken v ..., including a list of people with the surname See also * Nazimabad, a suburb of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan * Nizam of Hyderabad, monarch of the Hyderabad State {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turhan Selçuk
Turhan Selçuk (30 July 1922 – March 11, 2010) was a Turkish cartoonist. Biography Born in Muğla, Milas Selçuk was a prolific cartoonist. He is considered to be one of the few cartoonists in Turkey, who paved the way for the current Turkish cartoon scene. Selçuk was the founder of the Turkish Cartoonists Association together with Semih Balcıoğlu and Ferit Öngören. İlhan Selçuk was his brother. He died in Istanbul. Awards and honors * First Prize for caricature in the Journalism Achievement Award Competition organised by the Association of Journalism in Turkey (1955) * Golden Palm at the International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera (Salone Internazionale dell'Umorismo di Bordighera) (1956) * Aero Club Silver Cup International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera (Salone Internazionale dell'Umorismo di Bordighera) (1956) * Silver Date at the International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera (Salone Internazionale dell'Umorismo di Bordighera) (1962) * Ippocampo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necmi Rıza Ayça
Necmi () may refer to: Given name * Necmi Perekli (born 1948), Turkish footballer * Necmi Sönmez (born 1968), Turkish-German curator, art critic and writer Surname * Ismail Necmi Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ..., Turkish independent photographer and filmmaker {{surname Surnames Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramiz Gökçe
Ramiz, Rameez or Rhomeez / ( ar, رامز ) is an Arabic masculine given name meaning "one who communicates well", "wise", "noble", or "intelligent".{{cite book, title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names, author= S. A. Rahman, publisher=Goodword Books, location=New Delhi, year=2001. Notable people *Ramiz Alia (born 1925), former President of Albania *Ramiz Tafilaj (born 1949), Albanian-American businessman *Ramiz Jaraisy (born 1951), Arab-Israeli politician *Rameez Raja (born 1962), Pakistani cricketer and commentator *Ramiz Delalić (1963–2007), Bosnian fighter *Ramiz Mammadov (born 1968), Azerbaijani footballer *Ramiz Mamedov (born 1972), Azerbaijani-Russian footballer *Ramez Galal (born 1973), Egyptian prankster, actor, and singer *Ramiz Kerimov (born 1981), Azerbaijani footballer *Ramez Dayoub (born 1984), Lebanese footballer See also *Ramziddin Sayidov Ramziddin Sayidov (born 14 April 1982) is an Uzbekistani judoka. Participating at the 2004 Olympics, he was stoppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemal Nadir Güler
Cemal Nadir (13 July 1902 – 27 February 1947) was a Turkish people, Turkish cartoonist. Güler is the surname he assumed after the Surname Law of 1934. Biography Cemal Nadir was born in Bursa, Ottoman Empire on 13 July 1902. His father Şevket was a calligraphy, calligraphist ( tr, hattat) employed in courts. He completed the primary school in Bursa, and the junior high school in Bilecik. In 1923, he married Melahat (Güler). Cemal Nadir Güler died on 27 February 1947 due to bacteremia. He was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul. Career After finishing high school, he began working as a sign painting, sign painter in Bursa. He also created cartoons, and his first cartoon appeared in ''Diken (magazine), Diken'' (literally: "The Thorn") periodical. Although he moved to İstanbul and tried to be a full-time cartoonist, he could not make it and he returned to Bursa. The Turkish alphabet, Alphabet reform of 1929 gave Cemal Nadir a second chance to show his talent. When Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon
A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation. Someone who creates cartoons in the first sense is called a '' cartoonist'', and in the second sense they are usually called an '' animator''. The concept originated in the Middle Ages, and first described a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting, fresco, tapestry, or stained glass window. In the 19th century, beginning in ''Punch'' magazine in 1843, cartoon came to refer – ironically at first – to humorous artworks in magazines and newspapers. Then it also was used for political cartoons and comic strips. When the medium developed, in the early 20th century, it began to refer to animate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzaffer İzgü
Muzaffer İzgü (; 29 October 1933 – 26 August 2017) was a Turkish writer and teacher. He was known for his children's books and works of humour, and had authored 154 books, 98 of which were for children. Life İzgü was born in Adana on 29 October 1933 to a poor family, and as a child he had to work as a waiter, dishwasher, and beverage vendor at the cinemas while furthering his education. His father, Ahmet İzgü, was born in Damascus and had come to Adana from Elazığ to find employment. He worked at the Adana Girls' High School as a steward, and Muzaffer İzgü has claimed that his father was the builder of the first gecekondu in Adana. His mother, Havva, was from Antakya. He completed his primary education in Adana: the first three years at the İnönü Primary School, the fourth year at the Gazipaşa Primary School, and after the destruction of the school in an earthquake, the fifth and final year in the İstiklal Primary School. He then completed the Tepebağ Middle Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Nesin
Aziz Nesin (; born Mehmet Nusret, 20 December 1915 – 6 July 1995) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, he had to adopt one after the Surname Law of 1934 was passed. Although his family carried the epithet "Topalosmanoğlu", after an ancestor named "Topal Osman", he chose the surname "Nesin". Pseudonyms Generally going by the name "Aziz Nesin", the name "Aziz" was originally his father's nickname, used by Nesin for the pseudonym under which he started publishing. He wrote under more than fifty ''noms de plume'', such as the pseudonym "Vedia Nesin", his first wife's name, which he used for love poems published in the magazine ''Yedigün''. Biography He was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vâlâ Nureddin
Ahmed Vâlâ Nureddin (1901–1967) was a Turkish writer and journalist also known under his pen name Va-Nu. Early life and education Vala Nureddin was born in Beirut, as a son to a Vali of Beirut, but his birth was registered in Constantinople as there the citizens wouldn't have to serve in the military. Vala moved to Constantinople where he attended the Galatasaray high school between 1911 and 1916. He then settled to Vienna, Austria-Hungary where he enrolled in the Vienna School of Economics, focusing on financial studies. By 1917 he was in Istanbul and employed at the and the Ministry of Finance. He was not satisfied with what he did and therefore began to write and publish poetry. In 1921 Vâlâ and Nazim Hikmet, attempting to join the Kemalist forces in the Turkish War of Independence went to Inebolu at the Black Sea. But their communist views were not popular among the Kemalist forces so they moved on to the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union They initially travelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı
Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (17 April 1890 – 13 October 1973; born Musa Cevat Şakir; pen-name "The Fisherman of Halicarnassus", tr, Halikarnas Balıkçısı) was a Cretan Turkish writer of novels, short-stories and essays, as well as a keen ethnographer and travel writer. Early life Şakir was born in 1890 to the Kabaağaclı family. He was the brother of artists Fahrelnissa Zeid and Aliye Berger, and grew up on Büyükada in İstanbul. His father, Mehmet Şakir Pasha, was an impoverished military officer who arranged for his son to study at Oxford University. Cevat dropped out and during his voyage back to Turkey married an Italian woman named Anise. In 1914 he shot his father after an argument on their family farm. Cevat said that they were arguing about his wife. He was sentenced to 14 years in jail, but was released after a general amnesty. Following a political offense in 1925, he was exiled for three years to Bodrum and settled there. Career After completing his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
