Penguen
Defunct satirical magazine in Turkey
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Penguen (English: Penguin) was a satirical magazine published in Turkey and distributed also to Northern Cyprus.
| Frequency | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Total circulation | 70,000[1] (2010) |
| Founded | 2002 |
| First issue | 25 September 2002 |
| Final issue | 18 May 2017 |
| Company | Pak Publishing House |
| Country | Turkey |
| Based in | Beyoğlu, Istanbul |
| Language | Turkish |
| Website | www |
History and profile
Penguen was founded in 2002 by Metin Üstündağ, Selçuk Erdem, Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Bahadır Baruter.[1] The first issue was published in September 2002.[2]
In March 2005 Penguen was sued by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for several caricatures of him;[3] the magazine was acquitted.[4] 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."[5]
In May 2012 its offices were the subject of an arson attack.[6] In 2015, two journalists from the magazine were given 11-month prison sentences for comments about Prime Minister Erdoğan.[7] In April 2017 it was announced that Penguen would be closed after four issues.[2] In a statement, journalists cited the decline in people reading magazines, and the lack of "free space" for journalists in Turkey.[7] The last issue of the magazine was published in May 2017.[8]
