The Results of The 27th Nasreddin Hoja International Cartoon Contest
Dear Mr Tabatabai,
27th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest has concluded.
The Grand Jury consisted of six members from Turkey and six from
abroad.
They convened at Ramada Plaza Hotel in Istanbul on July 26, 2007, and
after examining 2320 cartoons by 1055 artists sent in from 63 countries,
they decided to award the Grand Prize to Igor Nikitins work from
Russia.

THE JURY:
Ercan Akyol (Turkey)
Zeljko Ceric (Croatia)
Rumen Dragostinov (Bulgaria)
Valentin Druzhinin (Russia)
Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu (Turkey)
Raed Khalil (Syria)
Valeriu Kurtu (Germany)
Ismet Lokman (Turkey)
Metin Peker (Turkey)
Turhan Selcuk (Chair/Turkey)
Tonguc Yasar (Turkey)
Jugoslav Vlahovic (Serbia)

PRIZE-WINNERS:

Igor Nikitin (Russia): Grand Prize + 3.000 $
Agim Sulaj (Italia): Honour Prize + 750 $
Alessandro Gatto (Italia): Honour Prize + 750 $
Muhittin Koroglu (Turkey): Honour Prize + 750 $
Ahmet Ozturklevent (Turkey): Honour Prize + 750 $

SPECIAL PRIZES:

Cristi Vecerdea Criv (Romania): Special Prize of Nasreddin Hodja
Musa Gumus (Turkey): Special Prize of the Association of Cartoonists

Sami Caner: Special Prize of the Jury
Angel Boligan (Mexico): Special Prize of Turkish Ministry of Culture
Donyo Donev (Bulgaria): Special Prize of Press, Publications &
Information General Administration
Sevket Yalaz (Turkey): Special Prize of Istanbul Metropolitan
Municipality
Dongbum Kim (South Korea): Special Prize of Cankaya Municipality
Taeyong Kang (South Korea): Special Prize of Cumhuriyet Newspaper
Xue Hong (China): Special Prize of Aksam Newspaper

Saeed Sadeghi (Iran): Special Prize of Turkish Association of
Journalists
Victor Crudu (Moldovia): Special Prize of Turkish Radio & TV Company

Hamid Soufi (Iran): Special Prize of Turkish Union of Lawyers
Goran Divac (Serbia): Special Prize of Umut Foundation
Aristides E. Hernandez (Cuba): Special Prize of Show TV Channel
Omidreza Khorsand (Italia): Special Prize of TV8 Channel
Li Xiao Yang (China): Special Prize of Confederation of Turkish Trade
Unions.

You can see and download all the prize-winning cartoons at:
http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6641

Thank you for your cooperation.
We hope to collaborate more for 28th International Nasreddin Hodja
Cartoon Contest in 2008.
With our best regards.

Metin Peker, Chairman
Aziz Yavuzdogan, Secretary General
Kemal Ozyurt, Coordinator.





Grand Prize: Nikitin Igor-Russia


Honor Prize: Muhittin Koroglu-Turkey


Honor Prize : Agim Solaj-Turkey


Honor Prize: Ahmet Ozturk-Turkey


Honor Prize: Allesandro Gatto-Italy


Special Prize: Omidreza Khorsanov-Iran
Congratulations!


Special Prize: Sirbistan Karadag-Montenegro


Special Prize: Angel Boligan-Mexico


Special Prize: Taeyong Kang (South Korea)


Special Prize: Li Xiao Yang-Cin-China


Special Prize: Musa Gumus-Turkey


Special Prize: Sevket Yalaz-Turkey


Special Prize: Tae yong kang-Korea


Special Prize: Valerio Criu-Romania


Special Prize: Xve-Hong-China

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