The Results of the 5th International Green Crescent Cartoon Contest Have Been Announced

The results of the International Green Crescent Cartoon Contest, which was organized for the 5th time this year by the Green Crescent to draw the world’s, our country’s and particularly youth’s attention to the addictions, and to raise awareness with the universal language of the cartoon, have been announced.

The results of the 5th International Green Crescent Cartoon Contest, which was organized by the Green Crescent in order to raise awareness for addictions that is a universal problem threatening the youth and the future of the whole world, and in order to generate reflex against addictions in public opinion, particularly the youth, have been announced.

The contest's winner of the grand prize, to which 1088 contestants from 69 countries applied with 2.034 cartoons, was Gökçen Çukadar from Turkey.  
Attending from India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, China, and Europe in particular, 1088 contestants from 69 countries applied with 2.034 cartoons to the contest.

With this year's subject being " The New Generation and the New Generation Addictions" the Importance of Healthy Life in the 100th anniversary of the fight against addiction were emphasized, and humanity's point of view on this problem was drawn from the perspective of the cartoonists.

While the owner of the first prize in the contest was Gökçen Çukadar from Turkey, winner of the second prize was Aristides Hernandez Guerrero from Cuba and the winner of the third prize was Ray Costa Nascimento from Brazil, the owner of three achievement awards in the contest were Ehsan Ganji from Iran, Anya Orlova from Tailand, and Mehdi Azizi from Iran. And the Mazhar Osman Special prize were given to Kürşat Zaman from Turkey.

Works participating in the contest were evaluated in terms of the artistic quality, appropriate humorous level to the subject, and the social and cultural influence power related to the daily life of the subject reflected in the work. The awards of the winning works will be presented to winners with a ceremony to be held within June.