Cem: The First Comic Book in Western Sense in The Development of Turkish Humour

Media played a significant role in the modernization of Ottoman society and caused westernized styles and methods be recognized and adopted. Media also pioneered in the production and development of comic books and works. Making use of both the earnings of traditional theatre and oral story telling tradition, the media evolved into modern humour concept during the period of Second Constitutional Monarchy. It was during this period that caricatures became a common practice in the newspapers and ironic individualist approaches were seen. The simple characterization of oral storytelling and traditional theatre began to transform as a result of modern humour concept. With its caricatures and own humorist sense towards the events in the era the journal Cem deserves to be called the first representative of comic books among those of others in the western sense during the period of Second Constitutional Monarchy.