Gırgır
Categories | Humor magazines |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Founder | Oğuz Aral |
Year founded | 1972 |
First issue | 26 August 1972 |
Final issue | 1993 |
Country | Turkey |
Language | Turkish |
Gırgır (meaning Fun in English) was a Turkish weekly humor magazine published from 1972 to 1993 in Turkey.
History and profile[]
Gırgır was founded by the brothers Oğuz Aral (1936-2004) and Tekin Aral (1941-1999).[1] After having started as a newspaper insert, the magazine's first issue was published on 26 August 1972 with the motto "Life is a hassle, scraping a living, boredom, heartache, fighting with your spouse over money... The solution? Gırgır. Also, Gırgır." Oğuz Aral directed the magazine until 1989, during which time it became Turkey's best-known humor magazine.[2]
With its sharp political satire cartoons, Gırgır was one of the best selling cartoon magazines in Europe in the 1970s with a circulation of up to 450,000.[3]
Following the military coup on 12 September 1980 Gırgır was temporarily banned due to the publication of a cartoon, which was deemed by the military authorities to be insulting Turkish national identity.[4]
In the mid 1980s a group of contributors left Gırgır and established another humor magazine, .[4] Shortly after that another group from the magazine founded . In 1989, the magazine was taken over by a large publishing group, and Oğuz Aral and other key staff members left. Following this circulation declined rapidly, and Gırgır finally folded in 1993.
Gırgır had a great impact on the satire of its era,[4] and several later humor magazines followed the example set by the magazine. Many accomplished satirists worked at Gırgır, including , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Galip Tekin, , , , , , , , , , , , Ramize Erer, , , , , , , M. K. Perker, and (who created the Rube-Goldberg-like Zihni Sinir Proceleri for the magazine).
The rights to the name Gırgır are now held by , and a magazine under that name was launched in 2008, but with no connection to the original Gırgır.
References[]
- ^ "Obituary - Oguz Aral". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 5 August 2004.
- ^ Klaus Kreiser: Kleines Türkei-Lexikon. München 1992, s.v. Gırgır (in German)
- ^ N. Abadan Unat in: Südosteuropa-Handbuch Band IV. Türkei. Göttingen 1985, S. 575, ISBN 9783525362044 (in German)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Aslı Tunç (October 2001). "GIRGIR as a sociological phenomenon in Turkey: The transformation of a humor magazine". Humor. 14 (3). Retrieved 15 August 2015. – via De Gruyter (subscription required)
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