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![]() Turkish satirical magazines "Penguen" and "Uykusuz" | |
Frequency | Weekly |
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Total circulation (2010) | 70,000 [1] |
Founded | 2002 |
First issue | 25 September 2002 |
Final issue | 18 May 2017 |
Company | Pak Publishing House |
Country | Turkey |
Based in | Beyoğlu, Istanbul |
Language | Turkish |
Website |
www |
Penguen (English: Penguin) was a satirical magazine published in Turkey and distributed also to Northern Cyprus.
Penguen was founded in 2002 by Metin Üstündağ, Selçuk Erdem, Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Bahadır Baruter. [1] The first issue was published in September 2002. [2]
In March 2005 Penguen was sued by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for several caricatures of him; [3] the magazine was acquitted. [4] In 2011 contributor Bahadır Baruter "faced a one-year prison sentence for a cartoon that [had] the words “There is no God, religion is a lie” on the wall of a mosque." [5]
In May 2012 its offices were the subject of an arson attack. [6] In 2015, two journalists from the magazine were given 11-month prison sentences for comments about Prime Minister Erdoğan. [7] In April 2017 it was announced that Penguen would be closed after four issues. [2] In a statement, journalists cited the decline in people reading magazines, and the lack of "free space" for journalists in Turkey. [7] The last issue of the magazine was published in May 2017. [8]
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![]() Turkish satirical magazines "Penguen" and "Uykusuz" | |
Frequency | Weekly |
---|---|
Total circulation (2010) | 70,000 [1] |
Founded | 2002 |
First issue | 25 September 2002 |
Final issue | 18 May 2017 |
Company | Pak Publishing House |
Country | Turkey |
Based in | Beyoğlu, Istanbul |
Language | Turkish |
Website |
www |
Penguen (English: Penguin) was a satirical magazine published in Turkey and distributed also to Northern Cyprus.
Penguen was founded in 2002 by Metin Üstündağ, Selçuk Erdem, Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Bahadır Baruter. [1] The first issue was published in September 2002. [2]
In March 2005 Penguen was sued by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for several caricatures of him; [3] the magazine was acquitted. [4] In 2011 contributor Bahadır Baruter "faced a one-year prison sentence for a cartoon that [had] the words “There is no God, religion is a lie” on the wall of a mosque." [5]
In May 2012 its offices were the subject of an arson attack. [6] In 2015, two journalists from the magazine were given 11-month prison sentences for comments about Prime Minister Erdoğan. [7] In April 2017 it was announced that Penguen would be closed after four issues. [2] In a statement, journalists cited the decline in people reading magazines, and the lack of "free space" for journalists in Turkey. [7] The last issue of the magazine was published in May 2017. [8]