Weekly satirical magazine Penguen[1] Dergi is closing due to financial reasons. 4 issues left before saying goodbye. The founders promise to continue in digital media and formats.
"Why is your magazine named after a penguin?
The symbol of our magazine was drawn by Selçuk Erdem [another co-founder of the magazine, together with Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Bahadır Baruter, ed.]. This is a penguin trying to build wings to fly and is a metaphor rich in meaning. The bird is very far away in geography, but very close in spirit."
See also: Political and religious satire in Turkey. The old humour tradition, popularity among the masses, legal controversies. Our interview with Metin Üstündağ, cofounder of the humour and satire magazine "Penguen" 08/04/2010 by Fazıla Mat
[1] Penguen (English: Penguin) is a Turkish satirical magazine. It was founded in 2002 by Metin Üstündağ, Selçuk Erdem, Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Bahadır Baruter.
The first issue was published in September 2002.
In March 2005 Penguen was sued by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for several caricatures of him; the magazine was acquitted. In 2011 contributor Bahadır Baruter "faced a one-year prison sentence for a cartoon that [had] the words “There is no God, religion is a lie” on the wall of a mosque."
In May 2012 its offices were the subject of an arson attack. In April 2017 it was announced that Penguen would be closed after next four issues.
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