3RD INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION SPECIFICATIONS-2025

INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT CARTOON COMPETITION 2025 TEBEŞİR CARTOON MAGAZINE

TOPIC:

Cartoonist Eray Ozbek Portraits

Eray Ozbek was born in Muğla in 1942. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Since the 60s, his cartoons have been published in many magazines and newspapers, as well as in over 400 mixed albums in 32 countries.

He made cartoons with spots, silhouettes and original prints.

He currently works with different styles and techniques that he finds appropriate for the concept of each cartoon he will make.

He made a series called “Karikatürküler = Lyric Cartoons”, which also includes poetic texts.

Personal exhibitions: 1951 – Bergama, 1988 – Muğla, 1991 – İzmir, 1994 – Trento (Italy), 1994 – Ankara, 1996 – Antalya, 1999 – Ankara- 2002 – İzmir, 2004 – Kragujevac (Serbia), 2006-Bergama and İzmir, 2008-Çorum, 2009 – İzmir, 2011 – Nakhchivan, 2015-İstanbul- 2016-Krusevac-Serbia, 2017 and 2018-İzmir, 2018-Muğla.

He also opened exhibitions in different graphic genres in İstanbul, İzmir and Eskişehir in recent years.

He won 137 awards in competitions in 27 countries, 22 of which were first-place and 97 of which were international.

He participated in festivals in countries such as Italy, Greece, Iran, Belgium, Ukraine, Serbia,

to receive his award or as a jury member. He mostly draws for exhibitions and periodicals.

He has an album called “Karaltılar = Silhouettes” (1999) and on the internet: “The adventures of a street dog from Izmir named Mat-Rook (Metruk)”, published in English (2018-2022).

With this competition in question, we wanted to honor Eray Özbek by drawing his portraits for his efforts in cartoons.

DEADLINE FOR PARTICIPATION:

Until the end of 10/15/2025.

QUALIFICATIONS TO BE REQUIRED IN CARTOONS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION:

1. The competition is organized on an international scale and is a single category; open to all amateur and professional cartoonists.

2. Drawing techniques are free. Cartoons must be in 300 dpi resolution and jpg format and must be sent to the specified e-mail address.

3. Cartoon dimensions must be A4 (21 x 29.7 cm).

4. The participant will be responsible for any possible discussions, plagiarism and similar claims.

5. Contestants must send their name-surname, address, telephone and e-mail addresses along with their cartoons.

6. Works sent after the specified date will be considered as non-competition participation.

7. Selected cartoons will be published as a “Special Issue” in Tebeşir Cartoon Magazine and will be sent to those whose works are published interactively in pdf format.

8. Contestants can send as many cartoons as they wish.

9. An electronic “Certificate of Honor” will be sent to all participants.

10. All participants who send their works to the competition are deemed to have accepted the above conditions.

AWARDS:

10 Honorary Awards (electronic Award Certificate)

E-MAIL ADDRESS: erayozbekcaricatures@gmail.com

SELECTION COMMITTEE:

• Ali ŞUR (Cartoonist) – TURKEY

• Altan ÖZESKİCİ (Cartoonist) – TURKEY

• Aşkın AYRANCIOĞLU (Cartoonist) – TURKEY

• Eda UZUNOĞLU (Cartoonist) – TURKEY

• Eray ÖZBEK (Cartoonist) – TURKEY

• Erhan Yaşar BABALIK (Cartoonist) – TURKEY

• Izabela KOWALSKA-WIECZOREK (Cartoonist) – POLAND

• Marian AVRAMESCU (Cartoonist) – ROMANIA

WE WISH OUR ARTISTS SUCCESS.

CONTACT FOR THE COMPETITION

erayozbekcaricatures@gmail.com

+0905303331515 (Altan Özeskici)