This year, 529 cartoonists from 67 countries participated in the competition, which brings together artists from all over the world who bring different ideas and beliefs into cartoons and allows them to express their art, with a total of 1,137 works.
The Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition is organized every year in Turkey by the Aydın Doğan Foundation. The competition is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world. The Jury, composed of international members: Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu (Türkiye) - President, Ercan Akyol (Türkiye), Rafael Correa (Brazil), Piyale Madra (Türkiye), Firoozeh Mozaffari (Iran), Tan Oral (Türkiye), Edel Rodriguez (USA), Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands) ve Ross Thomson (UK).