Musa Kart Wins Press Freedom Award
The New Anatolian reports that the Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart has won the 2006 Freedom of the Press Award on behalf of all cartoonists in Turkey. Kart was legally antagonized by Turkey's Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan for drawing the political figures as a cat. An award also went to Judge Mithat Ali Kabaali for ruling the cartoon did not constitute an attack on personal rights. The awards will be presented to the winnners at Dolmabahce Palace on July 24.
