Selma Emiroğlu Aykan
"At first, they wondered whether a man was behind the Selma Emiroğlu drawings."
Date of Birth: 1927
Place of Birth: Istanbul
Date of Death: 04/10/2011 2011
Place of Death: Tutzing, Germany
Burial Site: Waldfriedhof Tutzing, Germany
Field of Activity
Cartooning
"My family and all my teachers during my school years showed interest and support for my passion for, and accomplishments in, drawing and music. When I was a child, making pictures, I sang while drawing. And later I drew my cartoons while listening to music. When I was 13 years of age, my mother sent some of my best drawings to the period's most beloved cartoonist, Cemal Nadir Güler. In 1943, when Cemal Nadir Güler published my first drawings in a new publication, Amca Bey Mizah Magazine, my future course was set. At first, the letters coming into the magazine from readers wondered whether a man was secretly behind the Selma Emiroğlu drawings. Some people, looking me right in the eye, asked, "Is it really true, little woman, or did your big brother at home really draw these, or did your teacher help you?" In 1945, when the Yapı ve Kredi Bankası (Bank of Construction and Credit) asked Cemal Nadir Gülen to do the drawings for the Doğan Brother Children's Magazine (Doğan Kardeş), its cultural publication, he recommended me, noting that 'this young woman is a better match for you'. The editor of the magazine was Vedat Nedim Tör. A short time before, my first show had opened, and he himself wrote me a rave review. He welcomed me with open arms. I began to design both the front and back covers for the magazine, which began as a monthly, but later came out weekly.
I selected the subjects myself, and I also prepared the necessary captioning. The Black Cat Gang, which I created for this magazine, was all the children's favorite. My drawings in this publication were continually praised, and I was much loved. I was known initially as a child prodigy and then as the first Turkish woman cartoonist.
I follow with great joy the rapidly growing numbers of young women artists who have come into the ranks of Turkish cartoonists after me."
Selma Emiroğlu
Sources:
"Selma Emiroğlu", wikipedia.org. İzel Rozental, "Selma Emiroğlu ile söyleşi", izelrozental.com, 2009.
Works of Selma Emiroğlu
(A Selection)Yıldız Dağdelen; illustrations: Selma Emiroğlu Aykan, Diksiyon, İstanbul, 2011.
Selma Emiroğlu, Çizgiler ve Tınılar, Ankara Karikatür Vakfı Yayınları, 2001.
F. H. Burnett, Küçük Prenses, translation: Nihal Yalaza Taluy; illustrations: Selma Emiroğlu, İstanbul, Doğan Kardeş Yayınları, 1951 (Doğan Kardeş Çocuk Romanları 2), 8. basım 1965.
Selma Emiroğlu as Soprano
Selma Emiroğlu sang dramatic soprano roles in the Istanbul City Chorus.
Awards
- 1999 Ankara Cartoon Foundation, Award of Honor
- 2001 Ankara Cartoon Foundation, Cartoonist of the Year
- 2005 Fifth Cappadoccia/Urgup Cartoon Contest, First Prize
Memberships
Education
American Women's College (Izmir, 1940; Istanbul, 1942)
Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, Singing Department, 1953
Contributions to Society
Family and Friends
- Mother: Münevver Emiroğlu
- Father: (Information not available)
- Brother: Yalçın Emiroğlu (Architect)
- Daughter: Aylin Aykan (Pianist and composer)
- Husband:Aydın Aykan (architect)
- Great Grandfather:Emin Paşa (Eduard Schnitzer, native German, doctor)
- Friends:Ferruh Doğan, Altan Erbulak, Güngör Kabakçıoğlu, Turhan Selçuk
Commemorative Projects
Issue in Her Memory
Guldiken Journal, Selma Emiroğlu issueThe Guldiken Mizah Cultural Journal chose Selma Emiroglu as the subject of its 2007 issue.
Further Reading
- Selim İleri, "Unutulmayanlar", radikal.com.tr, 9.12.2011, http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalEklerDetayV3&ArticleID=1072030&CategoryID=40
- Toktamış Ateş, "Selma Emiroğlu: Yıllarca ve yıllarca önceydi", bugün.com, 18.11.2011, http://gundem.bugun.com.tr/selma-emiroglu-172580-makalesi.aspx
- Hıncal Uluç, "Selma Emiroğlu..", sabah.com, 13.11.2011, http://www.sabah.com.tr/Yazarlar/uluc/2011/10/13/selma-emirogluhttp://gundem.bugun.com.tr/selma-emiroglu-172580-makalesi.aspx
- İzel Rozental, "Affetmek sadece Tanrı'nın işi midir?", salom.com, 6.11.2011, http://www.salom.com.tr/news/print/21322-Affetmek-sadece-Tanrinin-isi-midir.aspx
- "Selma Emiroğlu'nu yitirdik", cizgidiyari.com, 2011 http://www.cizgidiyari.com/forum/unutulmayanlar/44330-selma-emiroglunu-yitirdik%85.html
- Levent Cantek, "Kedili çizgi romanlar", kedici.com, 21.02.2011, http://www.kedici.com.tr/Detay.aspx?id=111
- "Kedi kitabı", blog.milliyet.com, 7.6.2010, http://blog.milliyet.com.tr/kedi-kitabi/Blog/?BlogNo=246925
- "Selma Emiroglu", cizgidiyari.com, http://www.cizgidiyari.com/forum/p-q-r-s-s/239-selma-emiroglu.html
- "Çizgisel tınısal bir sergi", yenisafak.com.tr, 13.12.2001, http://yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2001/aralik/13/k2.html
- "Çizgiler ve Tınılar: Selma Emiroğlu karikatür sergisi", schneidertempel.com, http://www.schneidertempel.com/2001.html
- "Karakedi Çetesi", webobur.com, http://www.webobur.com/cizgiroman-ansiklopedisi/34655-kara-kedi-cetesi.html
- "Yılın çizeri Emiroğlu", radikal.com, 2.12.2001, http://www.radikal.com.tr/2001/02/12/kultur/05yil.shtml
- "Selma Emiroğlu ile söyleşi", izelrozental.com, Aralık 2009, http://www.izelrozental.com/selma.htm
- Erdoğan Karayel, Selma Aykan Emiroğlu'nu ziyaret, donquichotte.org, 4.5.2008, http://www.donquichotte.org/content/view/2517/153/lang,tr/
- Michael van Dyk, "Turkey's Soprano of Cartooning – Selma Emiroglu-Aykan." International Journal of Comic Art, 8.1.2006, ss. 466–497.
- Yalçın Ergir, "Mohini, seni şekersiz bırakmayacağız" (Doğan Kardeş arşivinden), ergir.com, http://www.ergir.com/mohini.htm
- "Selma Emiroğlu", operaturkiye.com, http://www.operaturkiye.com/wp1/index.php/kimdir/1-soprano/selma-emiroglu-aykan.html/
- Balcıoğlu, Semih, Cumhuriyet'in 75. Yılında Türk Karikatürü, Ankara, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 1998.
- Balcıoğlu, Semih, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Karikatürü, Ankara,Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 1983.
Sources
Quoted Sources :
- "Selma Emiroğlu", wikipedia.org, http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Emiro%C4%9Flu
- İzel Rozental, "Selma Emiroğlu ile söyleşi", 2009, izelrozental.com, http://www.izelrozental.com/selma.htm
- See the "Further Reading" section
Source of Visual Images :
- Kadın Kütüphanesi ve Bilgi Merkezi Vakfı, Istanbul
Translation into English: Margaret Fearey, Milton, Massachusetts, USA ©2012 Meral Akkent