Oguz Gurel

Oguz Gurel

I was born in in İzmit/Turkey in 1968..graduated from Marmara University
Textile&Art Faculty.
I'm drawing cartoons about for 15-16 years.My works first published in a local
newspaper 'Kocaeli'in 1989.
Also worked for some newspapers+magazines.And have a cartoons album named 'Days
with Cartoons'
I have been worked as a president in Turkish Cartoonists Association for a year.
The organisations which i'm member of are ;
FECO(Europe cartoonists organisation),Turkish Cartoonists Association
I have won more than 100 national+international prizes,some of them are ;
Milliyet Newspaper(Abdi İpekçi)-2.nd prize
Turkey Press Association-1.st prize
Ankara Film Festival-Special prize
Turkish Standart Instıtute-1.st prize(1993),2.nd prize(1994),special prize(1995)
Ankara Çankaya Belediyesi-Special prize
4.th Courage World Cartton Contest(Taiwan)- 2.nd prize
International del Humor (Cuba) - 2.nd prize
Still i'm drawing for a daily newspaper,websites and magazines.