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There are seven magazines and newspapers in the
Turkish Cypriot Press which published cartoons and these are: "Kokonoz"
(1896-1910) "Akbaba" (1897-1898), "Davul" (1920-1923) "Zirilti"
(1947-1948), "Karga" (1964-1968), "Amcabey" (1965-1966), "Akrep"
(1988 -), "Lololo" (1993-)Those not only had Humourous
writings but cartoons as well. Following is a brief outlook on
each of these magazines:
DAVUL HUMOUR AND CARTOON MAGAZINE (1920-1923)
 Owner-Ahmet
Rifat Efendi. Director-Mehmet Ihsan Uzman. 50 issues were
published. It was two pages long and was published once a week. It
was the longest surviving magazine. It was published for three
years. In every issue there were carttons by Ahmet Rifat. The
newspaper carried homorous articles and poems signed by pen-names.
Here is how "Davul" explains its objectives: "In Cyprus some
Turkish newspapers have bben published so far but "Davul" is
the first one with pictures. It is clear that the society is in
need of it. Publishing it is a difficult job. However it needs
self-sacrifice. We are doing our best. But we also want
understanding and support from the society. Recently, on the
island, there have been three pictured Greek Humour newspapers and
they are making fun of us on every pretext. Own newspaper will act
as an "antidote" in every aspect against them".
 "ZIRILTI" HUMOUR MAGAZINE (1947-1948):
Owner: M. Kazim
Bedevi (Yavuz) Altogether it had only 11 issues. "Zirilti" Humour
newspaper consisted of 6 pages and was published monthly.
The
magazine, which had only a few cartoons, cpnsisted of Humourous
short stories, poems and articles. Those works were generally
published under pseudo names.
"KARGA" HUMOUR MAGAZINE (1964-1965):
Owner: Ismet
Kotak on behalf of Famagusta Local Radio "Canbulat" and Cyprus
Turkish Information Office. It was published bi-monthly and had a
20 page content. Altogether there were 30 issues.
 Karga was one of
the most important Humour magazines published in the Turkish
Cypriot Community. During the periods of struggle between the
Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots had difficulty of
transportation and communication. For this reason, daily Turkish
newspapers couldn't be reached to towns and villages. Exposcd to
conditions such as those, Turkish people living in Famagusta
published "Karga" Humour magazine. The magazine was published in
leaflets in very limited numbers. Despite being a local magazine,
it had a very high circulation. Cartoons were contributions of Ramiz Gokce; and the writers were Ismet Kotak, Esref Nidai, Hasan
Tuncer, Nazim Turanli, Necati Erozan, Mehmet Niyazi, Hüseyin Cemal,
Yildiray Fenercioglu, Erdogan Muhammet, Kadriye Cemal, Zehra Özalp,
Behçet Hüseyin.
"AMCABEY" HUMOUR MAGAZINE
(1965-1966):
 Owner: Hüseyin Kanatli, Ersin Taser. The 16 page magazine which
was published once a month came to a standstill after the third
issue.
It is known that the name of the magazine was inspired by "Amcabey",
the Humour and cartoon magazine of Turkey by the famous Turkish
cartoonist Cemal Nadir. Writers who contributed to the magazine
were Hüseyin Kanatli, Enver Öztunç while the cartoons were by
Tarik Arsal, and Aziz Amerikali.
A lot of pseudo names were used
in the humourous writings published in the magazine.
"AKREP" HUMOUR AND CARTOON MAGAZINE (1988-):
 Owner: Akrep
Publishing Company. General Director: Hüseyin Çakmak; Editör: Musa
Kayra. Humour magazine "Akrep" was published about 20 years after
the publication of "Amcabey" was brought to an end. It is in
appearance and content of international standards. The editorial
policy of the newspaper is to express Humour using "lines", mainly
in cartoon forms. The newspaper was originally published monthly
but due to some financial and technical problems started being
published less frequently. Compared with the previous Humour
newspapers "Akrep" has the biggest number of cartoonists. In
addition to Turkish Cypriot cartoonists and Humour writers, the
paper (Akrep) publishes the works of cartoonists from different
parts of the world. It is sent to different countries. It is
published in a twenty four page tabloit form. So far, it has been
issued eleven times.
The cartoonists who contributed to
Akrep: Serhan Gazioglu, Musa Kayra, Mustafa Tozaki, Mehmet
Ulubatli, Erdogan Baybars, Cemal Tunceri,
Ramiz Gökçe, Alper
Susuzlu, Arif Albayrak, Hüseyin Çakmak, Bertan Soyer, Utku Karsu.
Humour Writers whose writings appeared were Hifzi Topuz, Turgut
Çeviker, Sevdakar Çelik, Ulus Irkad,
Kutlu Adali,
Bülent Fevzioglu,
Zeki Erkut, Mustafa Gökçeoglu,
Ümit Inatçi.
 LOLOLO" HUMOUR MAGAZINE (1993-1993):
Owner: Erdogan Baybars which appeared in 1993 as
eight pages in A4 size, stopped its publication after the third
issue.
In addition to local carttonists and Humour writers, it
published the works of foreign cartoonists.
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