The winners of the International Cartoon Contest, organized by the Istanbul community of Sisli, took their prizes.

The contest was held within the framework of “Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture”, Turkish Cumhuriyet daily reports. Famous cartoonists, Head of Istanbul Directorate for Education Muammer Yildiz, Deputy Patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Archbishop Aram Ateshyan were among the jury members.

Over 284 cartoonists from 45 countries presented their 828 works. Mexican Angel Boligan won the first prize, Bulgarian Drumen Drogostinov took 2nd place and Turkish Khijabi Demiji won the 3rd prize.