Final Results: 14th International Cartoon Contest 2025, Kyrenia 2025, Cyprus

MUNICIPALITY OF KYRENIA

CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION

24. INTERNATIONAL OLIVE FESTIVAL

INTERNATIONAL OLIVE HUMOR FESTIVAL

14. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2025

(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)

FINAL RESULTS

INTERNATIONAL JURY MEMBERS:

Murat Şenkul (Cyprus), M. Serhan Gazioğlu (Cyprus), Hüseyin Çakmak (Cyprus), Marko Ivic (Croatia), Muammer Kotbaş (Turkey), Muhammet Şengöz (Turkey), Musa Kayra (Cyprus), Panicos Neocleous (Cyprus), Saeed Sadeghi (Iran), Zafer Tutkulu (Cyprus), Zhaleh Yosefi Nezhad (Iran).

Evaluation Date:

16 – 18 June 2025 Dome Otel (Kyrenia – Cyprus)

Country: 45

Participants: 170

Works: 673

PRIZES

OLIVE SECTION

First Prize: Yu Kimura (Japan)

800 Euro + Golden Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person.

Second Prize: Nikola Listes (Croatia)

500 Euro + Silver Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person.

Third Prize: Louisa Hedayati (Iran)

300 Euro + Bronze Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person.

FREE SECTION

First Prize: Nikola Listes (Croatia)

800 Euro + Golden Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person.

Second Prize: Marzieh Khanizadeh Abyaneh (Iran)

500 Euro + Silver Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person.

Third Prize: Anas Lakkis (Lebanon)

300 Euro + Bronze Olive Statue + Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person.

(See Prize-winning cartoons

in Free Section on kozyurt)

SPECIAL PRIZES

OLIVE SECTION

Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia)

Oleg Derhachov (France)

Spiro Radulovic (Serbia)

Valentin Georgiev (Bulgaria)

Farid Amirsardari (Iran)

Shirin Gholipour (Iran)

Mustafa Kurmalı (Turkey)

Ronaldo Cunha Dias (Brazil)

Gerald Peigneux (France)

Tommy Thomdean (Indonesia)

Pavel Constantin (Romania)

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SPECIAL PRIZES

FREE SECTION

Jean Loic Belom (France)

Oğuz Gürel (Turkey)

Ali Miraee (Iran)

Mark Winter (Unıted Kıngdom)

Kemal Özyurt (Turkey)

Liu Qiang (China)

Imri Musliu (Kosovo)

Boboc Mihai Gabriel (Romania)

Fahriye Çıtaklı (Turkey)

Bülent Okutan (Turkey)

(See Prize-winning cartoons

in Free Section on kozyurt)

STEERING COMMITTEE

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Peace: 2nd International Cartoon Contest on Human Rights 2025, Turkey

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION ISTANBUL BRANCH

2nd INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST

Wars and conflicts systematically violate fundamental rights, causing irreparable harm. However, a peace based on human rights is not only the silence of weapons, but also the establishment of justice, freedoms, and equality. In today’s world, peace is both a prerequisite for ending rights violations and for restorative justice. Lasting and genuine peace can only be built on the foundation of human rights. 

1. Theme of the contest: The theme has been determined as PEACE. 

2. The contest consists of two categories: 

- General Category: Open to all participants. 

- Special Category for Prisons in Turkey: Only open to prisoners currently incarcerated in Turkish prisons. 

3. The contest is open to all amateur and professional artists worldwide. 

4. There are no technical restrictions for the artworks submitted. Previously published works are accepted, but they must not have received awards in any other competition. 

5. Artworks generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not be accepted. 

6. All participating artists will receive a digital certificate. Artists participating from prisons in Turkey will receive a printed certificate. 

7. Participants may submit as many artworks as they wish. However, only one prize may be awarded per artist. 

8. Submitted cartoons must be maximum A3 size (29.7 cm x 42 cm), 300 dpi resolution, and in JPG format. 

9. Along with their artworks, participants must also send their full name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address, a short biography, and a photo. 

10. The exhibition and award ceremony will take place in Istanbul on a date to be announced later. Prizes for those unable to attend will be sent to their postal addresses. 

11. Cartoonists participating in the competition are deemed to have accepted all conditions. 

12. The contest is organized by the Culture and Arts Commission of the Human Rights Association Istanbul Branch. 

13. Submitted cartoons—whether they receive an award or not—may be used by the organizing institution in exhibitions, posters, books, albums, e-albums, calendars, brochures, etc., and may be published online. 

14. Submission deadline: November 1, 2025 (by 19:00 Turkish local time) via email to: ihdhumanrightscartoons@gmail.com 

15. Contest results will be announced in December 2025. 

AWARDS 

General Category: 

- First Prize: Plaque 

- Second Prize: Plaque 

- Third Prize: Plaque 

- Special Prize of the Human Rights Association Istanbul Branch: Plaque 

- Jury Special Prize: Plaque 

Special Category for Prisons in Turkey – "Dignity of Humanity" Special Awards: 

- First Prize: Plaque 

- Second Prize: Plaque 

- Third Prize: Plaque 

Jury Members (in alphabetical order): 

- Altan Özeskici (Turkey) 

- Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey) 

- Hüseyin Çakmak (Cyprus) 

- Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek (Poland) 

- Musa Keklik (Turkey) 

- Oleksiy Kustovsky (Ukraine).

The 11th International Cartoon Festival, Ferizaj 2025, Kosovo

INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL, FERIZAJ 2025

Eleventh EDITION

THEME 1: The Life of Birds 

THEME 2: Free theme

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

Each participant may submit up to 5 works per theme. Submissions may be in black and white or in color. Preferred dimensions are 30x40 cm, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, and in JPEG, TIFF, or PNG format. 

Send to: hithi.kosova@gmail.com 

Subject line: Name, Surname, Country and Theme 

Deadline: 30 JULY 2025. 

AWARDS THEME 1  

1. Golden HiTHi (300 € - 500 €) 

2. Silver HiTHi (200 € - 400 €) 

3. Bronze HiTHi (100 € - 300 €) 

AWARDS THEME 2  

1. Golden HiTHi: Certificate 

2. Silver HiTHi: Certificate 

3. Bronze HiTHi: Certificate 

SPECIAL AWARDS 

Five special prizes will be awarded for each theme. 

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Source: Imri Musliu.

Participants in the 14th International Cartoon Contest, Kyrenia 2025, Cyprus

14. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2025

JURY EVALUATION: June 16 - 18, 2025 Dome Hotel - Kyrenia / Cyprus

FINALISTS AND OBJECTION PERIOD: 23 - 30 June 2025

FINAL RESULTS: During July

Award ceremony: October 10, 2025 Olive Festival.

PARTICIPANTS

Huey Nguyenhuu

Assad Bina Khahi

Steffen Jahsnowski

Valeriu Kurtu

Fernando Sosa

Louis Pol

Peter Suuly

Soltan Soltanli

Bossens Philippe

Leon Tshibemba Ngandu Mbes

Luc Vernimmen

Patrick Heymans

Oleg Gutsol

Rolando L. Antonio Jr

Mark Winter

Ronaldo Cunha Dias

Ivailo Tsvetkov

Konstantin Anastasov

Valentin Georgiev

Valery Aleksandrov

Evzen David

Pavel Talas

Roman Kubec

Cai Weidong

Gai Yu

Jia Rui Jun

Liu Qiang

Lou Pei Dong

Wei Li

Xiaojing Xing

Yu Shixi

Zhao Yun Sheng

Didie Sri Widiyanto

Ika Wartika Burhan

Tommy Thomdean

Roman Matkiewicz

Gerald Peigneux

Jean Loic Belom

Oleg Derhachov

Evelyn Soraya De Paz Samayoa

Vishal V. Shenoy

Damir Novak

Nikola Listes

Slobodan Butir

Abbas Naaseri

Afsoun Azimy Moghaddam

Ahmad Reza Zanganeh

Ali Miraee

Ali Shabanir

Amir Beigzadeh

Bagher Vasegh

Bahram Babaei

Behnam Pormehdi

Behnaz Bakhtiyari

Efat Amjadipoor

Ehsan Ganji

Esmaeil Babaei

Farid Amirsardari

Hamed Mortazavi Alavi

Hamidreza Mosayebi

Heibat Ahmadi

Hoda Bakhtiari

Leily Salimi Davil

Louisa Hedayati

Mahmood Nazari -

Manseoure Dehghani

Marzieh Khanizadeh Abyaneh

Meysam Jafarkhani

Mohsen Gholami

Nahid Maghsoudi

Nahid Zamani

Narges Javan Majidi

Navid Talebi

Neda Khodaveri

Razie Dalzin

Sajad Rafeei

Sanaz Khadem Yahyavi

Shahriar Alami

Shiya Beyrami

Shirin Gholipour

Sohrab Kheiri

Yalda Hasheminezhad

Brady Izquierdo Rodriguez

Jordi Casas Sierra

Boris Erenburg

Andrea Castelli

Athos Careghi

Yu Kimura

Galym Boranbayev

Christakis Skoufaris

Panicos Neocleous (*)

Imri Musliu

Tode Risto Blazevski

Zlatko Krstevski

Asal Saharafyektai

Buse Çelikdal

Dolgun Dalgıçoğlu

Leyla Çınar Algül

Roberto Castillo Rodriguez

Anas Lakkis

Gergely Bacsa

Arturo Rosas

Wesam Khalil

Firuz Kutal

Husan Sodiqov

Makhmud Eshonkulov

Henryk Cebula

Tadeusz Krotos

Bartis Silviu

Boboc Mihai Gabriel

Borta Ambrozie Ovidiu

Chiorean Cornel – Marin

Marin Cretu

Pavel Constantin

Sergiu Farcasanu

Mikhail Zlatkovsky

Victor Skopintsev

Dragan Acimovic

Goran Celicanin

Nikola Ojdanic

Marko Somborac

Mileta Miloradovic

Miroslav Jakovljev

Spiro Radulovic

Vaso Krcmar

Radko Oketic

Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu

Burak Aşıkoğlu

Bülent Okutan

Deniz Dokgöz

Eda Karaabdurrahmanoğlu

Emine Türkbay S.

Ercan Karaca

Ergül Aktaş

Fahri Eyican

Fahriye Çıtaklı

Gülcan Yıldız

Gülfidan Özdilek

Hasan Ceylan

Hayrettin Oturgan

Hikmet Çil

İlker Mansuroğlu

İsmail Kar

Kemal Özyurt

Kürşat Zaman

Lütfü Çakın

Mehmet Tubay

Mehmet Zeber

Mete Ağaoğlu

Murat Şeker

Musa Keklik

Mustafa Kurmalı

Mustafa Yıldız

Mümin Bayram

Nurcan Şimşek

Oğuz Gürel

Oğuzhan Çiftçi

Ömer Çam

Saadet Demir Yalçın

Serpil Kar

Şafak Ebru Özaltaş

Uğur Pamuk

Alexander Dubovsky

Vadym Shevchenko

Valery Momot

Vladimir Kazanevsky

Grigoris Georgiou

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