“HAPPY BIRTHDAY SABAHATTIN ALI / 25 FEBRUARY 1907” 

THE 1st INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION BY DIOGEN OF SINOP WITH THE THEME “PORTRAITS OF SABAHATTIN ALI” RESULTS.

The 1st Sinop Diogenes International Cartoon Contest on Sabahattin Ali Portraits organized by Sinop Municipality, Sinop History and Culture Research Association and Sinop Writers, Poets and Artists Association has concluded.

Sculptor Eşref Baş (Turkey), Cartoon Artists Altan Özeskici (Turkey), Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey), Behiç Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey), Erhan Yaşar Babalık (Turkey), Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria), Marian Avramescu (Romania), Murat Özmenek ( Turkey), Musa Keklik (Turkey) and Oleksiy Kustovsky (Ukraine) examined 336 works of 223 artists from 40 countries and determined the award winners as follows:

1st Prize: ANTONIO SANTOS-PORTUGAL

2nd Prize: M.K.RAGHU-INDIA

3rd Prize: HALİT KURTULMUS AYTOSLU-TURKEY

Success Prize: PAYAM VAFATABAR-IRAN

Success Prize: WALTER TOSCANO-PERU

Success Prize: FATEMEH NAZARDOKHT-IRAN

Success Prize: EREN ÖZDEMİR-TURKEY

Success Prize: IGOR SMIRNOV-RUSSIA

Sinop Writers, Poets and Artists Association Special Prize: MOJMIR MIHATOV-CROATIA

Sinop History and Culture Research Association Special Prize: MEHMET ALI GÜNEŞ-TURKEY

Sinop Tradesmen and Bail Cooperative Special Prize: MARYAM MAHMOUDI MOGHADAM-IRAN

Sinop Bar Association Special Prize: OKTAY BINGOL-TURKEY

Sinop Chamber of Tradesmen and Craftsmen Special Prize:HUANG RONGHAI (CAOTO)-ÇİN

Sinop Associations Federation Special Prize: KÜRŞAT ZAMAN-TURKEY

Sinop Chamber of Commerce and Industry Special Prize: ARİF DEMİREL- TURKEY

Sinop Tourism Association Special Prize: ECEM KAYABAŞ-TURKEY

Fethiye-Yusuf Eren Special Prize: JALIL SABERI-IRAN