Deadline: May 22, 2026... Theme: "Love/Affection"... Participants may submit a maximum of 5 (five) cartoons... Participation is only via email. Cartoon dimensions must be at least A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) and at most A3 (29.7 x 42 cm), with 300 dpi resolution and in jpg format... Submitted cartoons must not have previously won any awards in national or international competitions.
Muğla Metropolitan Municipality 6th International Cartoon Competition Regulations
SUBJECT: "LOVE/AFFECTION"
Affection is defined as "attachment and interest felt towards something." Love, on the other hand, is "a deep affection felt towards something."
Love, which is at the center of life, is the greatest human emotion that makes the world livable. A person who values love benefits not only themselves but also their environment, society, and all of humanity. Because love arises from "interest, responsibility, respect, and empathetic understanding." This emotion is what makes the world more livable.
Love for humanity, love for nature, love for animals are all reflections of self-love.
Loving nature and animals means protecting and caring for them, thus creating the awareness of leaving a livable world for future generations. Love for humanity, on the other hand, arises from accepting differences, caring for the happiness of others, and helping each other in times of difficulty.
The strongest foundation for societies to live in peace and prosperity is undoubtedly love for humanity.
The root of the unrest, conflicts, and wars experienced throughout the world, including in the society we all belong to, is: "The lack of love." In a world without love, anger and conflict will always be inevitable. Only when love prevails will a world composed of just, peaceful, and strong societies emerge. Only individuals who possess love for humanity, love for society, love for the environment, love for nature, love for animals, etc., will be able to build a peaceful, happy, and harmonious world. To convey this message, and to bring the importance of love/affection to the forefront of our country's and the world's agenda with powerful messages, we have organized this competition on the theme of LOVE/AFFECTION. We hope that you will support this project, where the universal power of love/affection meets the universal power of caricature, with your original caricatures; we wish you success and express our gratitude for your contributions.
Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Caricature Competition Selection Committee
PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS
1. The competition is organized at national and international levels and is open to amateur and professional cartoonists worldwide.
2. Cartoons that do not comply with general moral rules, contain insults, serve political purposes, or contain objectionable and harmful expressions will be disqualified from the competition. Cartoons generated with artificial intelligence will not be accepted.
3. Relatives of the selection committee members cannot participate in the competition.
4. Drawing technique is free. Participants are required to fill out the participation form.
5. Participation in the competition is only via email. Cartoon dimensions must be at least A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) and at most A3 (29.7 x 42 cm), with 300 dpi resolution and in jpg format.
6. Submitted cartoons must not have previously won any awards in any national or international competition. Cartoons that the selection committee deems identical or similar, or that it determines belong to another cartoonist, will not be evaluated.
7. Participants must attach a short biography to their cartoons. 8. Contestants may submit a maximum of 5 (five) cartoons.
9. Participants under 18 years of age must attach a photocopy of their national identity card to their application.
10. Cartoons must be sent to karikatur.yarisma@mugla.bel.tr by the end of business on Friday, May 22, 2026, with the subject line “Muğla Metropolitan Municipality 6th International Cartoon Competition” and including the artist's name, surname, city, and country.
11. Only the winners of the competition (expenses for any guests accompanying the contestants will be borne by the contestants themselves) and the winners of the under-18 category (accommodation and transportation expenses for one guardian will be covered) will have their personal transportation (bus or plane), accommodation, and hospitality expenses covered by Muğla Metropolitan Municipality.
12. If the winners of the prize money do not come to collect their prizes, the money will be transferred to the bank IBAN number they provided. The winner must complete and sign all required documents along with their IBAN number. If the winner does not provide their IBAN number, the prize money will expire one year after the date the results are announced. In case of expiration, the winner cannot make any claims for the prize, copyright, etc.
13. Cartoons submitted to the competition will not be returned. Cartoons that win awards and are deemed worthy of exhibition may be used or published by Muğla Metropolitan Municipality for cultural purposes. The cartoons selected by the jury and deemed worthy of exhibition will be compiled in an album to be prepared by Muğla Metropolitan Municipality. These albums will only be sent to the participants who win awards in the competition and whose works are published in the album.
14. At the end of the competition, the intellectual property rights defined in Articles 21 (adaptation), 22 (reproduction), 23 (distribution), 24 (performance), and 25 (public transmission by means of signs, sounds and/or images) of Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works, for the works that win awards, honorable mentions, are selected for exhibition, and are included in the album, shall belong to Muğla Metropolitan Municipality indefinitely, together with the author. Within the framework of these rights, Muğla Metropolitan Municipality may use and allow others to use the work indefinitely, within or outside Turkey, in Turkish or any other world language, in any medium and in any material content, specifying the author's name. Muğla Metropolitan Municipality does not permit the use of the cartoons for any other purpose under any circumstances. No additional fee will be paid for the works selected for exhibition and album. All participants who submit their works to the competition are deemed to have accepted the above conditions.
PRIZES:
First Prize: 70,000 TL
Second Prize: 50,000 TL
Third Prize: 30,000 TL
Honorable Mention (3 Awards): 15,000 TL
Two Under 18 (10-18): 7,500 TL
Behiç AK Special Award: 20,000 TL
SELECTION COMMITTEE:
Gürbüz DOĞAN EKŞİOĞLU (Dr. Yeditepe University Lecturer, Cartoonist)
Savaş ÜNLÜ (Humor Writer)
Şevket YALAZ (Cartoonist)
Abdülkadir USLU (Cartoonist)
Sarkis PAÇACI (Cartoonist)
Aşkın AYRANCIOĞLU (Cartoonist)
Mehmet SELÇUK (Cartoonist, General) (Coordinator)
Şeref DEMİRTAŞ (Representative of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality)
COMPETITION SCHEDULE:
1. The deadline for applications is Friday, May 22, 2026, until the end of business hours.
2. The jury evaluation meeting will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2026.
3. The competition results will be announced on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
4. The award ceremony and the cartoons deemed worthy of exhibition by the competition jury will be exhibited at the Türkan Saylan Contemporary Life Center of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality.
WE WISH OUR ARTISTS SUCCESS.
CONTACT
Competition Coordinator: Perihan AYDIN
Tel: (0252) 212 26 14 Extension-1956
Address: Muğla Metropolitan Municipality
Türkan Saylan Contemporary Life Center Menteşe/Muğla
Website: www.mugla.bel.tr
Note: Muğla Metropolitan Municipality reserves the right to make changes to this specification if deemed necessary.
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