''Gırgır'' (meaning ''Fun'' in English) was a Turkish weekly humor magazine published from 1972 to 1993 in Turkey.

History and profile

''Gırgır'' was founded in 1972 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 stud ...

(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

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on 12 September 1980 ''Gırgır'' was temporarily banned due to the publication of a

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, which was deemed by the military authorities to be insulting Turkish

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. 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, and several later humor magazines followed the example set by the magazine. Many accomplished satirists worked at ''Gırgır'', including

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, İlban Ertem,

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, Gürcan Özkan,

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, Behiç Pek,

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, Mim Uykusuz, Eda Oral, Gülay Batur,

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, Ramize Erer,

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, 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

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, and a magazine under that name was launched in 2008, but with no connection to the original ''Gırgır''.

References

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