Latif Demirci

Humorist, Cartoonist

Death
05 June, 2022

Cartoonist, humorist (b. Istanbul in 1961 - d. 5 June 2022, Istanbul). His first cartoon was published in Gırgır magazine in 1975.  He drew cartoons in Mikrop magazine in 1978-1979; and then in Gırgır and Fırt for the following ten years.  He was among the founders of weekly magazine Hıbır in 1989.  He has also worked in daily newspapers and weekly political journals. He continued his work at H.B.R. Maymun magazine which he published with his friends. He is known as the cartoonist who created the cartoon types Canavar Koyun Orhan, Arap Kadrı, Muhlis Bey ve Mithat - Mirsat,  Köşeli Türklerden Press Bey.

"The thing that does not exist in Latif Demirci's drawings is Evil. Even when drawing the most irritative politicians, his lines turn them into characters that could be understood. That is perhaps why he is so distant from portrait caricature..." (Mustafa Arslantunalı)

WORKS :

Çeviren Latif Demirci (1996)

Köşeli Türklerden Press Bey (2001)

Bugün Devlet İçin Ne Yaptın? (2002)

Yavrum Senin Ülken Bir Melekti (2006)

Eyyy Siyaset (2015)

Pandemili Korona (2020)

National Geoglathif

Cırcırböceği Muhlis Bey ve Yavlum Mithat Latif Demirci

RFERENCE: Mustafa Arslantunalı / Pirens ile Güllü (Virgül, sayı: 33, Eylül 2000), Köşeli Türklerden Press Bey / Latif Demirci (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 6.12.2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Hürriyet Gazetesi'nin usta çizeri Latif Demirci (61) hayatını kaybetti (hürriyet.com.tr, 5 Haziran 2022), Karikatürist Latif Demirci, son yolculuğuna uğurlandı (aa.com.tr, gazeteduvar.com.tr, haberturk.com, 7 Haziran 2022), Karikatür dünyasının unutulmaz ismi, Hürriyet çizeri Latif Demirci son yolculuğuna uğurlandı (hürriyet.com.tr, 7 Haziran 2022), Latif Demirci kitapları (1000kitap.com, nadirkitap.com, idefix.com vd, 7 Haziran 2022).

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