SYRIACARTOON: Results of 5th international Sinoplu diogenes cartoon contest -Turkey 2026

Results of 5th international Sinoplu diogenes cartoon contest -Turkey 2026

Theme:
Republic and Democracy
The competition featured 269 cartoonists from 49 countries who submitted 967 cartoons on the theme of Republic and Democracy.

RULES

967 works from 269 artists from 49 countries.

The jury, consisting of writer Tufan Bilgili (Turkey), Sinop Mayor Metin Gürbüz (Turkey), and cartoonists Adnan Taç (Turkey), Altan Özeskici (Turkey), Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey), Erhan Yaşar Babalık (Turkey), Marian Avramescu (Romania), Michel Moro Gomez (Cuba), and Musa Keklik (Turkey),

Prize Ranking:

Grand Prize: 20,000 TL/Plaque
Nahid MAGHSOUDI - Iran

4 Achievement Awards: 3,000 TL TL/Plaque
Gülfidan ÖZDİLEK - Turkey
Kuang ZUHAI - China
Hamid SOUFI - Iran
Cornel-Marin CHIOREAN - Romania

Special Awards: Plaque

Sinop Writers, Poets and Artists Association Special Award:
Ahmad Reza SOHRABI - Iran

Sinop Municipality Special Award:
Fahriye ÇITAKLI - Turkey

Ayancık Atatürkist Thought Association Special Award:
Muzaffar YULCHIBOEV - Uzbekistan

Boyabat Atatürkist Thought Association Special Award:
Li QIANG - China

Necmettin Kümeç Special Award:
Silvano MELLO - Brazil

Burhanettin Metin Atıcı Special Award:
Jalal PIRMARZABAD - Iran

Özel Alkan SRC Driving School Special Award:
Liviu STANILA - Romania

Tebeşir Cartoon Magazine Special Award:
Mümin BAYRAM - Turkey Comedy and Humor

Chalk Cartoon Group Special Award:
Defne DEMİRCİ (12 Years Old) - Turkey

Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu Cartoon Workshop Special Award:
İdil Su ENÇETİN (12 Years Old) - Turkey