Cemal Nadir (13 July 1902 – 27 February 1947) was a

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cartoonist. Güler is the surname he assumed after the Surname Law of 1934.

Biography

Cemal Nadir was born in

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on 13 July 1902. His father Şevket was a calligraphist ( tr, hattat) employed in courts. He completed the primary school in Bursa, and the junior high school in

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. In 1923, he married Melahat (Güler). Cemal Nadir Güler died on 27 February 1947 due to

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. He was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul. Cemal nadir mezarı

Career

After finishing high school, he began working as a sign painter in Bursa. He also created

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s, and his first cartoon appeared in ''

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'' (literally: "The Thorn") periodical. Although he moved to İstanbul and tried to be a full-time cartoonist, he could not make it and he returned to Bursa.Biography page
/ref> The Alphabet reform of 1929 gave Cemal Nadir a second chance to show his talent. When Turkey adopted the

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replacing the

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, all sign boards were necessarily changed, and he worked hard to meet the demand. The same year, he moved once more to İstanbul to work for the daily '' Akşam''. Later, he also drew for the newspaper ''Son Posta'', as well as for the satirical magazines such as '' Akbaba''. He also contributed to ''

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''. During this period, he published the satirical magazine ''Amcabey''. During

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, he drew anti-Nazism cartoons in the daily '' Cumhuriyet''. In 1946,

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( CHP) invited him to run for a seat in the parliament. However, he refused the invitation, he said that with political affiliation he would not be able to create cartoons.

Cartoon characters

He created the following cartoon characters:Encyclopaedia of Turkey's famous People
/ref> *Amcabey *Ak'la Kara ("Black and White") *Dede ile Torun ("The Grandpa and the Grandson") *Dalkavuk ("The Sycophant") *Yeni Zengin ("Nouveau riche") *Salamon He used these conflicting characters to criticize the social problems of that time in the country.

Comic books

His comic book are the following: *1932: ''Amcabey'e göre'' *1933: ''Karikatür Albümü'' *1939. ''Karikatür Albümü'' *1940: ''Akla Kara'' *1943: ''Dalkavuk'' *1944: ''Seçme Karikatürler'' *1945: ''Harp Zenginleri'' *1946: ''Siyasi karikatürler'' *1946: ''Amcabey''

Legacy

After his death, two streets, one in İstanbul and one in Bursa, were named after him. A sculpture of him is erected in Bursa. 2002, which was his 100th anniversary of his birth, was declared as ''The Year of Cemal Nadir Güler'' by the "Cartoonists Association", and an annual international cartoon contest was established bearing his name.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guler, Cemal Nadir 1902 births People from Bursa Turkish journalists Turkish cartoonists Turkish comics artists Akşam people Cumhuriyet people 1947 deaths Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery 20th-century journalists