Cemal Nadir Güler

Cemal Nadir (13 July 1902 – 27 February 1947) was a Turkish cartoonist. Güler is the surname he assumed after the Surname Law of 1934.

Biography Cemal Nadir was born in Bursa, Ottoman Empire on 13 July 1902. His father Şevket was a calligraphist employed in courts. He completed the primary school in Bursa, and the junior high school in Bilecik. In 1923, he married Melahat (Güler). Cemal Nadir Güler died on 27 February 1947 due to bacteremia. He was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul. The Alphabet reform of 1929 gave Cemal Nadir a second chance to show his talent. When Turkey adopted the Latin alphabet replacing the Ottoman Turkish alphabet in Arabic script, all sign boards were necessarily changed, and he worked hard to meet the demand. The same year, he moved once more to İstanbul to work for the daily Akşam. Later, he also drew for the newspaper Son Posta, as well as for the satirical magazines such as Akbaba. He also contributed to Yedigün. During this period, he published the satirical magazine Amcabey. Amcabey Ak'la Kara ("Black and White") Dede ile Torun ("The Grandpa and the Grandson") Dalkavuk ("The Sycophant") Yeni Zengin ("Nouveau riche") Salamon

He used these conflicting characters to criticize the social problems of that time in the country.

Comic books His comic book are the following: 1932: Amcabey'e göre 1933: Karikatür Albümü 1939. Karikatür Albümü 1940: Akla Kara 1943: Dalkavuk 1944: Seçme Karikatürler 1945: Harp Zenginleri 1946: Siyasi karikatürler 1946: Amcabey

Legacy After his death, two streets, one in İstanbul and one in Bursa, were named after him. A sculpture of him is erected in Bursa.