7. Alanya International Mediterranean Cartoon Competition Results Announced..
Organized by the Alanya Tourism Promotion Foundation with the contributions of the Ministry of Culture, Alanya Municipality, Alanya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alanya Tourist Operators Association, and Cartoonists Association, the 7. International Mediterranean Cartoon Competition on Tourism in the Mediterranean attracted great interest from cartoonists worldwide.
The competition included 432 works from a total of 49 countries, including Ukraine, Italy, Slovakia, Romania, Spain, Poland, Argentina, Russia, Bulgaria, China, Belgium, Israel, Belarus, England, Croatia, Lithuania, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, Czech Republic, Australia, Yugoslavia, Cuba, Chile, Greece, Macedonia, El Salvador, Korea, Colombia, Iran, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, America, Netherlands, Portugal, France, Japan, Taiwan, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Tunisia, Mexico, Serbia, and Peru.
The works submitted to the competition were evaluated on May 5, 2007,by a jury consisting of Kamil Masaracı, Kamil Deniz Som, M. Nüvit Özkan, Cihan Demirci, İbrahim Tapa, and Marlene Pohle.
The works deemed worthy by the competition jury will be exhibited in Alanya for one week, along with the award ceremony to be held on May 26, 2007. The Alanya Tourism Promotion Foundation will compile the exhibited works into an album. The awards to be given to the top three contestants are as follows:
Grand Prize: 2,000 USD + FLIGHT TICKET+ 2-PERSON ALANYA VACATION
2nd Prize : 500 USD + FLIGHT TICKET +2 PERSON ALANYA HOLIDAY
3rd Prize: 500 USD + AIRLINE TICKET + 2-PERSON ALANYA HOLIDAY
List of winning contestants:
1st Prize : TONY HOUBRECHTS (BELGIUM)
2nd Prize : ABDULLAH ÜÇYILDIZ (TURKEY)
3rd prize: ALİ DİVANDARİ (IRAN)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
1. Alanya Municipality Special Award-PAWEL KUCZYNSKI (POLAND)
2. Alanya Chamber of Commerce and Industry Award – ALİ ŞUR (TURKEY)
3. ALTIAD Special Award – NEDELJKO UBOVIC (SERBIA)
4. ALTAV Special Award –GEORGE LICURICI (ROMANIA)
5. Alanya District Governor Special Award – RAŞİT YAKALI (TURKEY)
6. Mediterranean Culture Research Foundation Special Award - ALEXANDER UMYAROV (RUSSIA)