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In 1988 Turkish-Cypriot Cartoonists Association was accepted as a
member to the Federation of the European Cartoonists Organization
(FECO) and has won an International identity, and indulged in a
different kind of organization under the name of FECO-CYPRUS.
Hüseyin Çakmak was appointed as Vice-President General of FECO and
Musa Kayra as Vice-Secretary General as a result of FECO.
FECO with its headquarters in
The Netherlands has started a rapid organization called the Federation of
the World Cartoonists Organization accepting the following
countries as true member states:
Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Ireland,
Israel, Japan, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan,
Turkey.
The countries accepted as an-hoc
committee are:
Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China,
Cuba, Denmark, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Russia, Norway, Singapore, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, United
States America.
There is a bi-monthly International
Publication called "FECONEWS" of the European Cartoonists
Organization "FECO" which provides many professional facilities to
its member cartoonists and associations. The organization also has
the right to issue "International Press Card", and its President
is Ronald Libin from Belgium. The General Secretary is Peter
Neiuwendijik from Holland
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