Selma Emiroğlu
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OccupationCartoonist
Notable workKara Kedi Çetesi
Selma Emiroğlu Aykan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Selma Emiroğlu 17 May 1928 |
| Died | 4 October 2011 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Notable work | Kara Kedi Çetesi |
Selma Emiroğlu Aykan (17 May 1928 – 4 October 2011) was the first female cartoonist in Turkey. She was also an opera singer.
She was born in Istanbul on 17 May 1928. She studied Üsküdar American Academy, but before graduation, she left the school and entered the Conservatoire of Istanbul Municipality.[1]
In 1963, she married Aydın Aykan and moved to Berlin, West Germany. She gave birth to a daughter named Aylin. She died on 4 October 2011 in Tutzing, Germany.[2]
