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12. Don Quichotte International Cartoon Exhibition was opened at the Gelişim Art Gallery

12. Don Quichotte International Cartoon Exhibition hosted the lovers of at the Gelişim Art Gallery of the Istanbul Gelişim University, with the theme of ’’No to the Violence against Women’’.

The cartoon exhibition, titled as ’’No to the Violence against Women’’ and organized within the scope of the March 8 International Women's Day, was opened by the Graphic Design Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Istanbul Gelişim University with the contributions of the Don Quichotte International Humour Magazine. The curatorship of the exhibition, which will continue until the date of March 18, 2022, are carried out by the Academic Member Dr. Nuri Sözer of the Graphic Design Department.

The Competition provided expression space for 394 cartoonists from 62 countries

The cartoon competition bearing the subject of ’’No to the Violence against Women’’ well-known international humour magazine Don Quichotte, published in Germany, provided space of expression for 394 cartoonists from 62 countries. Another leg of the exhibition, however, met with the lovers of art at the Gallery of Art of the Istanbul Gelişim University.

Prof. Dr. Nail Öztaş, who was Vice-Chancellor of the Istanbul Gelişim University and drew attention to the violence at the opening ceremony (speech) of the exhibition, made an emphasis to the therapeutic and reformative power of the art as well. The exhibition continued with the speech of Mr. Erdoğan Karayel, who is the Chief Editor of the Don Quichotte. Mr. Karayel underlined the fact that the works of art at the competition were made subject to relevant approval processes times and again from the curatorial point of view and the the March 8 - International Women's Day had been celebrated as a matter of fact as a day of struggle (fight) for right.

The exhibition will be open for the visitors until the 18^th day of March, Friday.