Penguen
{{Expand Turkish|Penguen (dergi)|date=November 2020}}
{{Short description|Defunct satirical magazine in Turkey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
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| image_caption = Turkish satirical magazines "Penguen" and "Uykusuz"
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| frequency = Weekly
|circulation_year = 2010
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| company = Pak Publishing House
| founded = 2002
| firstdate = 25 September 2002
| finaldate = 18 May 2017
| country = Turkey
| language = Turkish
| website = {{URL|http://www.penguen.com}}
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Penguen ({{langx|en|Penguin}}) was a satirical magazine published in Turkey and distributed also to Northern Cyprus.
History and profile
Penguen was founded in 2002 by Metin Üstündağ, Selçuk Erdem, Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Bahadır Baruter.Fazıla Mat, 8 April 2010, balcanicaucaso.org, [http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Turkey/Turkish-humor Turkish humor] The first issue was published in September 2002.{{cite news|title=Penguen dergisi kapanıyor|url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turkiye/725521/Penguen_dergisi_kapaniyor.html|accessdate=21 April 2017|work=Cumhuriyet|date=21 April 2017|language=Turkish}}
In March 2005 Penguen was sued by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for several caricatures of him;Bianet, 25 March 2005, [http://ww.bianet.org/english/media/57272-magazine-sued-for-erdogan-caricatures Magazine Sued for Erdogan Caricatures] the magazine was acquitted.US State Dept, 11 March 2008, [http://www.refworld.org/country,COI,,,TUR,,47d92c4fc,0.html 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Turkey] 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."Freedom House, [http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2012/turkey Freedom of the Press 2012 - Turkey]
In May 2012 its offices were the subject of an arson attack.CNN Turk, 18 May 2012, [http://www.cnnturk.com/2012/turkiye/05/18/penguendeki.yangin.kundaklamaymis/661558.0/index.html Penguen'deki yangın kundaklamaymış] In 2015, two journalists from the magazine were given 11-month prison sentences for comments about Prime Minister Erdoğan.{{cite journal|title=Satire News|journal=Private Eye|date=2 June 2017|issue=1445|page=7}} In April 2017 it was announced that Penguen would be closed after four issues. In a statement, journalists cited the decline in people reading magazines, and the lack of "free space" for journalists in Turkey. The last issue of the magazine was published in May 2017.{{cite news|title=Penguen dergisi bu kapakla veda etti|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/yasam/penguen-dergisi-bu-kapakla-veda-etti|accessdate=18 April 2020|work=CNN Turk|date=17 May 2017|language=Turkish}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.penguen.com}}
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Category:2002 establishments in Turkey
Category:2017 disestablishments in Turkey
Category:Defunct magazines published in Istanbul
Category:Magazines established in 2002
Category:Magazines disestablished in 2017
Category:Satirical magazines published in Turkey
Category:Defunct Turkish-language magazines