Salih Memecan
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Salih Memecan (born 2 September 1952,
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, and weekly in the '' Aktüel'' magazine. ''
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'' have published Memecan's editorial cartoons. After receiving his BA and MA degrees in architecture from the
Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...
in Ankara, Turkey, Memecan received his PhD in architecture from the
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as a Fulbright scholar (1983). Memecan's daily agenda included a political cartoon strip, Bizimcity, on the front page, and a comics cartoon strip, Sizinkiler, on the back page of the ''Sabah'' newspaper. The animated version of Bizimcity takes place on the prime-time news program on ATV. He was fired from ''Sabah'' newspaper in the late 2015. Memecan became chairman of the newly formed Turkish Media Association in 2010. He is married to Mesude Nursuna Memecan, a member of the
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in the AKP.


Criticism

Memecan was harshly criticised for his caricature ridiculing hunger strikes of 2012. He is also condemned for his mocking of people who were killed by police during
Gezi protests A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting ...
.


References

Living people 1952 births Turkish editorial cartoonists 20th-century Turkish illustrators 21st-century Turkish illustrators Turkish political artists Turkish caricaturists Turkish comics artists Turkish satirists {{Turkey-artist-stub Middle East Technical University alumni