Salih Memecan Gives Up Half Of His Cartooning Platform

The Turkish cartoonist Salih Memecan was the subject of rumors that he had been sacked from his front-page gig Bizimcity at Sabah after handing in a first round of cartoons for 2016 that were rejected by the pro-government publication. According to the popular and well-regarded Memecan, long syndicated internationally in a variety of countries, this isn't true. The veteran cartoonist just decided to give up doing front-page cartoons due to the increasing political tension felt within his country and in a more abstract way, throughout the world. Memecan will continue his back-page feature, Sizinkiler.

As the article points out, the cited tensions have had real consequences for cartooning and journalism more broadly in Turkey, with a continuing cycle of lawsuits and arrests stretching back more than a decade at this point. For the situation to become that much worse is worth noting.

I believe that the front-page cartoons have a second life in a Turkish magazine. I would assume those would also discontinue, but that wasn't made clear in the article.
 
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