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Ali Fuad Bey

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Ali Fuad Bey

Birth
Türkiye
Death
Aug 1919
Türkiye
Burial
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Turkish cartoonist.

Cartoons came into Turkish history during the Ottoman period with the first cartoonist Ali Fuad Bey, who started working as a journalist in 1869 and was a lover of the art of cartooning. Later during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid, the drawing of cartoons was prohibited in the empire until the second Constitutional Period in Ottoman history in 1908. The year 1908, when the Young Turk Revolution occurred -- which led to an awakening of a national consciousness instead of domination by the sultans -- was a turning point for Turkish cartoons. At this time, traditional Ottoman humor began to be replaced by more Western styles of humor. Comic magazines began to be produced by Turks and the first caricaturists emerged during that time. In 1908, Ali Fuad Bey, who fled to Europe came back to the Ottoman Empire and launched a new magazine called "Karagöz," referencing traditional Turkish comic puppet characters. The prohibition of the publication of cartoons within the borders of the Ottoman Empire led caricaturists to draw abroad. Thus, Turkish cartoons from 1878 to 1908 were produced abroad.
Turkish cartoonist.

Cartoons came into Turkish history during the Ottoman period with the first cartoonist Ali Fuad Bey, who started working as a journalist in 1869 and was a lover of the art of cartooning. Later during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid, the drawing of cartoons was prohibited in the empire until the second Constitutional Period in Ottoman history in 1908. The year 1908, when the Young Turk Revolution occurred -- which led to an awakening of a national consciousness instead of domination by the sultans -- was a turning point for Turkish cartoons. At this time, traditional Ottoman humor began to be replaced by more Western styles of humor. Comic magazines began to be produced by Turks and the first caricaturists emerged during that time. In 1908, Ali Fuad Bey, who fled to Europe came back to the Ottoman Empire and launched a new magazine called "Karagöz," referencing traditional Turkish comic puppet characters. The prohibition of the publication of cartoons within the borders of the Ottoman Empire led caricaturists to draw abroad. Thus, Turkish cartoons from 1878 to 1908 were produced abroad.

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