Last Date: December 31, 2025... Topic (2025): "Şanlıurfa: A Century in Every Step, A Secret in Every Century"A maximum of three works may be submitted. The works must not have received any awards.
17th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2025 Eskisehir, Turkey
Theme
Theme (2025): “Şanlıurfa: A Century in Every Step, A Secret in Every Century”
Şanlıurfa, located in Türkiye’s Southeastern Anatolia Region, is a city where every step is history and every street a legend. Nestled in the heart of the southeast, this ancient city carries the layers of time upon itself, revealing a different face to its visitors in every era. Known as the City of Prophets, Urfa has been a center where faith, culture, and tolerance have intertwined for centuries. Walking around Balıklıgöl, believed to be the place where Prophet Abraham was thrown into the fire, you touch not only stones, but also legends, prayers, and hope.
But Urfa is not only about traces of the past; it is also a living, breathing mosaic of culture today. In its bazaars, you catch the scents of spices, leather, and copper; in its “sıra geceleri” you hear the melodies of the cümbüş and the heartfelt strains of the “hoyrat”; in its cuisine, you taste the fiery language of isot and the rich flavor of grilled liver. All these are different faces and countless moods of Urfa.
Rising in the shadow of Göbeklitepe, a temple that rewrote human history, this city is the cradle of both beginnings and eternities. Alongside Halfeti, the silent town submerged beneath the waters, and Harran, the city of wisdom and faith, Şanlıurfa is a place where every civilization has left a mark, and every mark holds a story. Past and future stand side by side here. Urfa is at once mystical and vibrant; silent, yet full of melodies. Every season offers a new color; every step, a new story.
That is why “Şanlıurfa: A Century in Every Step, A Secret in Every Century” is so fitting. And with every one of its faces, it makes you part of its own story.
Cartoons Turkiye (Pencere Mizah)
Submission Guidelines
- The competition is open to all amateur and professional cartoonists.
- Each performer is allowed to submit maximum three works.
- The cartoons submitted to the competition may be prepared as original drawings, digital printings or computer printouts. The drawing technique is open-ended. Drawings may be colorful or black and white. On the other hand, performers are required to put signatures on their drawings.
- Works produced with artificial intelligence (AI) are not accepted for the competition.
- Cartoons sent may be of the ones previously published somewhere but previously awarded cartoons are not allowed to submit.
- Cartoons submitted for selection will be able to be printed in the publication of Anatolia Tourism Academy and in other printed materials of this organization such as books, catalogs, brochures, postcards, web sites and posters. All rights for any other publishing except these belong to the owner of drawing.
- After the first elimination, the finalists will be announced on the website between 24 – 31 January 2026 and objections will be accepted between these dates.
- Finalist cartoons will be published in the album. Cartoonists whose drawings published in this album will be sent a copy of the album.
- Among the works participating in the competition, the finalists and the winners will be included in the book to be published online.
- All the cartoonists participated in the competition are implied to agree on the conditions and regulations of the competition.
Submission deadline is 31 December 2025.
The cartoons can be mailed to the below address:
Nazmi KOZAK
P.O. Box 87, 06444
Yenisehir, Ankara / Turkey
E-mail: tourismcartoon@gmail.com
Categories
Cartoons will be accepted in two sections:
Adult Category: This category is open for the all of cartoonists who are 17 and older. Category should be noted when cartoons are submitting. Grand award, second award, third award, Professor Atila Özer recognition award and three mansions will be given in this section. Finalist cartoons in this section will be published in the album.
Young Category: This category is open for the cartoonists who are 16 and younger. Category should be noted when cartoons are submitting. Grand award and two achievement awards will be given in this section. Finalist cartoons in this section will be published in the album.
Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CARTOONS COMPETITION
1. ORGANIZERS
a) The competition is organized by Anatolia Tourism Academy.
2. APPLICATION DATE
a) Unless any pre-announced change is made, the deadline to submit the works is 31 December of each single year. Any work received later is not considered for the competition.
3. THEME
a) The competition is organized every single year by setting a theme related to any aspects of tourism.
4. PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION
a) Competition is open to all cartoonists from all over the world, both amateur and Professional.
b) Each cartoonist may submit maximum three works.
c) Works to be submitted may be original drawings, digital printings or computer printouts.
d) The drawing technique is freeform.
e) Works may be in any color or black and white. Artists’ signature must take place on works to be sent in a paper form.
f) Participants should write their names, surnames and full postal and email address. If website submission would be desired, full postal address, e-mail and phone number should be inserted where possible.
g) Works may have been published elsewhere, but not awarded in a competition at all.
h) Works may be considered for publishing in Anatolia Tourism Academy, and books, catalogs, brochures, postcards, websites and posters about this organization. All of the remaining broadcast rights belong to the author.
i) No work is returned to the artists, regardless of obtaining any award or not.
j) Works produced with artificial intelligence (AI) are not accepted for the competition.
k) Cartoonists who participate in this competition are deemed to have accepted all the conditions described in this instruction.
5. CATEGORIES
a) The competition comprises of two categories.
b) “Category of Adult Cartoonists” is open for the participations of cartoonists who are 17 and older.
c) “Category of Young Cartoonists” is open for the participations of cartoonists who are 16 and younger.
6. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPETITION
a) Announcement of the Competition is performed three times in virtual environments: The first announcement is performed in the first week of July. The second announcement is performed in the first week of October. The last announcement is performed in the first week of December of each year.
7. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUBMITTED WORKS
a) All works submitted to the competition are announced as a table format containing the cartoonist’s “name and surname”, “country” and “number of works submitted” on the competition’s official webpage in the first week of January.
8. MEMBERS OF SELECTION COMMITTEE
a) Members of the selection committee consist of two groups as “Pre-selection Committee Members” and “Final Selection Committee Members”.
b) Members of the selection committee are replaced every three years except two representatives determined by the Organization Committee.
c) Every year, two cartoonists to be selected out of seven winner cartoonists of “Category of Adult Cartoonists” are invited to serve as a member of the Final Selection Committee in the following year’s competition.
9. EVALUATION OF WORKS
a) The submitted Works are evaluated in three stages. In the first stage, Pre-selection Committee Members come together in İstanbul and they select approximately 1/5 of the submitted works for being evaluated as the finalist.
b) Finalist works are suspended for a pre-announced period with no less than 10 days and copies and duplications are tried to be eliminated among them.
c) Objections are accepted between the announced dates. Objections are presented to Pre-Selection Committee. Works which are subject to the objections justified by the committee are not accepted for the final evaluation.
d) In the second stage, Members of the Final Selection Committee select approximately 1/3 of the finalist works for being evaluated in the final evaluation.
e) In the last stage, Members of the Final Selection Committee determine the winning works.
f) Objections to the finalist or winning works are examined by the members of the pre-evaluation board. Regardless of whether it is before or after the announcement of the awards, if any participant/s copying the work of another person or showing a part of the work of another person, their work will be definitely excluded from the evaluation. Even the work has been given the prize, it will be withdrawn. The participant/s loses their rights to participate with their works in the future series of the International Tourism Cartoon Competition.
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10. AWARDS AND AWARD CEREMONY
a) In the Category of Adult Cartoonists, “The Grand Award”, “The Second Award”, “The Third Award” and “Professor Atila Özer Recognition Award” are presented.
b) In the Category of Young Cartoonists “The Grand Award” and “two Mansions” are presented.
c) Only award winners are provided a five-day free all-inclusive holiday in a five star hotel operating in Turkey.
d) Plaques and award documents are presented to the Award winners.
e) Award ceremony is organized anywhere in Turkey every April.
11. COMPETITION BOOK
a) A book containing all the finalist and ranked cartoons in the competition is published online in color.
Cartoon Submission
For further information and cartoon mailings:
Postal address:
Nazmi KOZAK
P.O. Box 87, 06444
Yenisehir, Ankara / Türkiye
OR
E-mail: tourismcartoon@gmail.com
Please fill in and submit the required information on the application form.
The works of those who do not complete the participation form will not be evaluated.
Click here for the Application-Form:
Evaluation Declarations
Works submitted to the competition will be evaluated in two stages.
In the first stage, all the works will be pre-evaluated at a meeting held by Pre-Evaluation Selection Committee members. At the end of this meeting, finalist works will be determined. No more than 1/5 of the works submitted to the competition will be taken for further evaluation.
Before continuing with the second stage, finalist works will be announced on the internet between 24 and 31 January 2026. Similar and copy works, plagiarism, previously awarded works, and other objections will be decided by the Pre-Evaluation Selection Committee members and due to the reasonable objections, on which the committee will reach a consensus, related works will be eliminated.
At the second stage, finalist works will be re-evaluated by Final Selection Committee Members. This time, evaluation will be done in two sub-stages. In the first stage, the number of finalist woks will be reduced to 45-50 and, in the last stage, winners will be determined.
Evaluation of the submitted works will be done based on three critical issues mentioned below.
Selection and convenience of the topic,
Quality of humor,
Originality of drawing.
Selection Committees
Pre-selection Committee
Mehmet KAHRAMAN Cartoonist Turkiye
Nuhsal IŞIN Cartoonist Turkiye
Murteza ALBAYRAK Cartoonist Turkiye
Necdet YILMAZ Cartoonist Turkiye
Mehmet ZEBER Cartoonist Turkiye
Halit KURTULMUŞ Cartoonist Turkiye
Merve OFLUOĞLU, Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality Director of Culture and Tourism Türkiye
Final Selection Committee
Mehmet TÜTÜNCÜ Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality General Manager of the Urfa Kültür Bilişim A.Ş. Turkiye
Ömer ÇAM Cartoonist Turkiye
Shirin GHOLİPOUR Cartoonist Iran
Marco De ANGELIS Cartoonist Italy
Vicdan BULUNMAZ ÖZER Prof. Atila Ozer Museum Turkiye
Andrea LACHER-BRYK Cartoonist Austria
Omar PEREZ Cartoonist Argentina
Ahmet AYKANAT Cartoonist Turkiye
Sait MUNZUR Cartoonist Turkiye
Competition Coordinator
Nazmi KOZAK
Important Dates
Deadline for Submission 31 December 2025
Meeting of the pre-Selection Committee 17 January 2026
Announcement of finalist cartoons (for possible objections) 24 – 31 January 2026
Notification of Winners April 2026
Date of the Award Ceremony ...
Awards
CATEGORY OF ADULT CARTOONISTS
The Grand Award- Round trip flight ticket to Şanlıurfa and a five-day (two-person) vacation prize in Şanlıurfa
The Second Award- Round trip flight ticket to Şanlıurfa and a five-day (two-person) vacation prize in Şanlıurfa
The Third Award- Round trip flight ticket to Şanlıurfa and a five-day (two-person) vacation prize in Şanlıurfa
Professor Atila Özer Recognition Award- Round trip flight ticket to Şanlıurfa and a five-day (two-person) vacation prize in Şanlıurfa
CATEGORY OF YOUNG CARTOONISTS
The Grand Award- Round trip flight ticket to Şanlıurfa and a five-day (two-person) vacation prize in Şanlıurfa
The Second Award- Round trip flight ticket to Şanlıurfa and a five-day (two-person) vacation prize in Şanlıurfa
The Third Award- Round trip flight ticket to Şanlıurfa and a five-day (two-person) vacation prize in Şanlıurfa
Contact
For further information and cartoon mailings:
Nazmi KOZAK
P.O. Box 87, 06444
Yenisehir, Ankara / Türkiye
E-mail: tourismcartoon@gmail.com
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