''Gırgır'' (meaning ''Fun'' in English) was a Turkish weekly humor magazine published from 1972 to 1993 in Turkey.
History and profile
''Gırgır'' was founded by the brothers
Oğuz Aral
Oğuz Aral (1936 – 26 July 2004) was a Turkish political cartoonist and comics artist, known for his satirical style. He was also active as a theatre designer, playwright, ceramist and animator, establishing the first Turkish animation studio.
...
(1936-2004) and Tekin Aral (1941-1999).
After having started as a newspaper insert, the magazine's first issue was published on 26 August 1972 with the motto "Life is a hassle, scraping a living, boredom, heartache, fighting with your spouse over money... The solution? ''Gırgır''. Also, ''Gırgır''." Oğuz Aral directed the magazine until 1989, during which time it became Turkey's best-known humor magazine.
With its sharp political satire cartoons, ''Gırgır'' was one of the best selling cartoon magazines in Europe in the 1970s with a circulation of up to 450,000.
[N. Abadan Unat in: Südosteuropa-Handbuch Band IV. Türkei. Göttingen 1985, s. 575, ]
Following the
military coup
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such ...
on 12 September 1980 ''Gırgır'' was temporarily banned due to the publication of a
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 ...
, which was deemed by the military authorities to be insulting Turkish
national identity
National identity is a person's identity or sense of belonging to one or more states or to one or more nations. It is the sense of "a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, and language". National identity ...
.
[
In the mid 1980s a group of contributors left ''Gırgır'' and established another humor magazine, '' Limon''.][ Shortly after that another group from the magazine founded '' Hibir''. In 1989, the magazine was taken over by a large publishing group, and Oğuz Aral and other key staff members left. Following this circulation declined rapidly, and ''Gırgır'' finally folded in 1993.
''Gırgır'' had a great impact on the satire of its era,]Necdet Şen Necdet () is a Turkish given name for males. People named Necdet include:
* Necdet Calp (1922-1998), Turkish civil servant and politician
* Necdet Darıcıoğlu, Turkish judge
* Necdet Karababa, Turkish politician
* Necdet Kent (1911–2002), Turk ...
, Suat Gönülay, Gürcan Özkan, Cevat Özer, Atilla Atalay, Latif Demirci
Al-Latif (''Al-Laṭīf'' , also anglicized as ''Al-Lateef'') is one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "kind". Latif can also be a masculine given name, as short form of Abdul Latif, meaning "servant of the Gentle". Its feminine form is Latifa. ...
, Sarkis Paçacı, Hasan Kaçan, Bülent Morgök, Galip Tekin
Galip Tekin (20 April 1958 – 6 July 2017) was a Turkish comic book artist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was known for his works in the fantasy and science fiction genres. His style is often compared to that of Jean "Mœbius" Giraud.
Biograp ...
, Mehmet Çağçağ
Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...
, Metin Üstündağ
Metin is a Turkish given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
*Tümer Metin (born 1974), Turkish international footballer
Given name
*Metin Akan (born 1983), Turkish professional footballer
*Metin Akpınar (born ...
, Meral Onat
Meral is a common Turkish given name and Altai name. It is a variant of Maral. In Altai, Turkish and Mongolian "Maral" means "female deer". Meral has the same meaning as "Maral". It is also used as a surname.
People Given name
* Meral Akşener ( ...
, Can Barslan
Can may refer to:
Containers
* Aluminum can
* Drink can
* Oil can
* Steel and tin cans
* Trash can
* Petrol can
* Metal can (disambiguation)
Music
* Can (band), West Germany, 1968
** ''Can'' (album), 1979
* Can (South Korean band)
Other
* ...
, Uğur Durak
Uğur is a common masculine Turkish and Azerbaijani given name. In both Turkish and Azerbaijani, the word "uğur" means "luck".
Given name
* Uğur Albayrak (born 1988), Turkish footballer
* Uğur Boral (born 1982), Turkish footballer
* Uğur ...
, Behiç Pek, Cihan Demirci Cihan () Turkish given name of Persian origin meaning universe.
Given name
*Cihan Alptekin (1947–1972), Turkish revolutionary and militant
*Cihan Can, Turkish footballer
*Cihan Haspolatlı, Turkish footballer
*Cihan Kaptan, Turkish footballer
*Ci ...
, Mim Uykusuz
MIM or Mim may refer to:
Places
* Mim, Ahafo, Ghana
* Mim Lake, Ghana
* Mim Bour, or Mim Mountains, Ghana
Education
* Master of Management, a post-graduate master's degree
* Master of Information Management, an interdisciplinary degree prog ...
, Eda Oral EDA or Eda may refer to:
Computing
* Electronic design automation
* Enterprise Desktop Alliance, a computer technology consortium
* Enterprise digital assistant
* Estimation of distribution algorithm
* Event-driven architecture
* Explorator ...
, Gülay Batur, Özden Öğrük, Ramize Erer, Gani Müjde Gani is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Gani Bobi (1943–1995), Albanian philosopher and sociologist
*Gani Fawehinmi (1938–2009), Nigerian writer
*Gani Lawal (born 1988), Nigerian-American baske ...
, Bülent Benli, Tuncay Akgün, Birol Bayram, Bülent Arabacıoğlu
Bülent is a Turkish masculine given name and a family name meaning "tall" and "high", from Persian ''boland'' ( fa, بلند) which means ''tall'' or ''high''. The equivalent form in Azeri is Bülənd. It may refer to:
Bülend
*Bulend Biščev ...
, Murat Kürüz, M. K. Perker, and İrfan Sayar (who created the Rube-Goldberg-like ''Zihni Sinir Proceleri'' for the magazine).
The rights to the name ''Gırgır'' are now held by Ertuğrul Akbay, and a magazine under that name was launched in 2008, but with no connection to the original ''Gırgır''.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gırgır
1972 establishments in Turkey
1993 disestablishments in Turkey
Defunct magazines published in Turkey
Magazines established in 1972
Magazines disestablished in 1993
Magazines published in Istanbul
Satirical magazines published in Turkey
Turkish-language magazines
Turkish political satire
Weekly magazines published in Turkey