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Researches state that there was no other cartoonist but Ahmet
Rifat Efendi in the Cyprus Turkish Community until late 1940's.
Between the years 1940 and 1950 the drawings of three important
cartoonist appear in the Cypriot Turkish Press: Ismet Vehit Güney,
Sevki Çankaya and Ramiz Gökçe.
All of them are the most
influential cartoonists of that period. In those days the trend of
"cartoons wit captions" is effective. The cartoons are more like
pictures. The mesage of the content and spirit is emphasized in
the caption. In the Cypriot Turkish Community, Ismet Güney, mostly
knows as an artist published his cartoons in "Istiklal"
(1949-1953) and "Köylü" (1954-1955), the most influential
newspapers of that period. The cartoons of Sevki Çankaya were
mostly seen in the newspapers in Turkey rather than Turkish
Cypriot Press
Ramiz Gökçe first began to draw
cartoons in "Duvar Gazetesi" in 1956 when he was studying at "Magusa
Namik Kemal High School". He intensified his activities and
published his works in a book form called "Çizgi." It was the
first cartoon publication in Cypriot Turkish Cartoon. Ramiz Gökçe
published his works in "Halkin Sesi" (1942), "Bozkurt"
(1951-1991), "Time of Cyprus" (1955) and "Cyprus Mail" (1945)
Toward the end of the 1940's the
Humour magazine "Zirilti" (1947-1948) was published, but this
magazine didn't allow much space to cartoon. It published
humorous articles and poems rather than cartoons. It is also
known that most of the works in "Zirilti" had been published
under false names.
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