Cemil Cem
Born1882
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died9 April 1950 (aged 67–68)
Istanbul, Turkey
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
Cem
CollaboratorsRefik Halit Karay
Alma mater

Cemil Cem (1882–1950) was a Turkish diplomat, cartoonist and journalist who worked for the Ottoman satirical magazine Kalem and founded his own satirical magazine Cem.

Early life and education

Cemil was born in 1882 in Istanbul.[1][2] He graduated from Galatasaray High School and then obtained his law degree from Darülfunun, precursor of Istanbul University, in 1903.[1][2] During his diplomatic post in Europe he also received a degree in political sciences in Paris.[3]

Career

Following his graduation he held several diplomatic posts in Paris, Vienna and Rome.[3] He published several cartoons in the Ottoman satirical magazine Kalem which was in circulation between 1908 and 1911.[4] His cartoons contained western revolutionary ideas.[4][5] Following his return to Istanbul he founded a satirical magazine entitled Cem in November 1910 which folded in 1912.[1][2] His major collaborator in Cem was Refik Halit Karay.[6]

Cemil left Istanbul for Europe in 1912 and settled there until 1921.[1] Between 1921 and 1925 he worked as an administrator at the Fine Arts Faculty in Istanbul which was later attached to Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.[6] Cemil restarted his magazine Cem in 1927.[1] The same year he was tried due to a cartoon published in the magazine.[2] After the closure of his magazine in 1929 he became a city council member of Istanbul, but he left the post soon.[3]

Personal life and death

Cem lived in Moda, Kadıköy, Istanbul.[6] He died in Istanbul on 9 April 1950.[1][3]

Cemil Cem's drawings

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cem (Cemil)" (in Turkish). Biyografya. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 François Georgeon (July 2018). "Caricatures of women at the end of the Ottoman Empire". Clio. Women, Gender, History. 48 (2): 201–203. doi:10.4000/clio.15110. S2CID 193128914.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cemil Cem" (in Turkish). Biyografi. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 Efrat E. Aviv (2013). "Cartoons in Turkey – From Abdülhamid to Erdoğan". Middle Eastern Studies. 49 (2): 224, 226. doi:10.1080/00263206.2012.759101. S2CID 146388882.
  5. ↑ Asli Tunç (2002). "Pushing the Limits of Tolerance: Functions of Political Cartoonists in the Democratization Process: The Case of Turkey". Gazette. 64 (1): 53. doi:10.1177/17480485020640010301.
  6. 1 2 3 "Cemil Cem'in evine plaket kondu". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 12 April 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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