Ulaş Mangıtlı is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 cartoonist

Cartoonist

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 and illustrator

Illustrator

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He published a popular online humor/cartoon magazine called Hihehüğe in late 1990s. The magazine featured selected cartoons and the illustrated adventures of "Karavelet", a clumsy clandestine operative in the service of the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan

Sultan

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. The "Empire of Mongolian Rabbits", a popular spin-off of the online magazine, featured original cartoons, comics and articles all about the history and politics of the fictitious Mongolian Rabbits bent on world domination, which had interesting similarities to modern day Turkey.

External links

• Hihehuge Archive