The jury of the 46th International Nasreddin Hoca Cartoon Competition, consisting of DARKO DRLJEVIC, KLAUS PITTER, METİN PEKER, NURİ KÖKSAL, and YİĞİT ÖZGÜR, met on June 6, 2026. Gathering in Istanbul, they evaluated 1600 cartoons from 580 cartoonists from 60 countries over a five-round process.

PRIZES

Grand Prize
Cau Gomez  – Brazil 

Honour Prize
Oleksiy Kustovsky – Ukraine 

Honour Prize
Alessandro Gatto – Italy 

Honour Prize
Sunnerberg Constantin – Belgium

 Honour Prize
Grzegorz Szumowski – Poland 

 SPECIAL PRIZES

Special Prize of The Association of Caricaturists
Carlos Silva ”C Muluba’’  – Portugal 

Special Prize of the Jury
Mihai Gabriel Boboc  – Romania 

Special Prize of Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Ivailo Tsvetkov  – Bulgaria

Special Prize of Akşehir Municipality and Nasreddin Hodja
Pedro Silva –  Potugal

Special Prize of Tüpraş General Directorate
Stefaan Provijn –  Belgium 

Special Prize of The Association of Journalists’ of Turkey
Sinchinov Evgeniy  – Russia