Grand Prize Nasreddin Hodja 2009 also goes to Alessandro Gatto

Results of the 29th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest 2009
The Grand Jury comprised of six Turkish cartoonists, namely, Tonguc Yasar (Chair), Metin Peker (Director of the Association of Cartoonists), Erdogan Basol, Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu, Muhittin Koroglu, Kadir Dogruer, and five members from abroad, namely, Alberto Da Costa Amorim (Brazil), Omar Zevallos Velarde (Peru), Delcho Mihajlov (Republic of Macedonia), Ivan Hanousek (Czech Republic), and Szczepan Sadurski (Poland), convened at Armada Otel in Istanbul on Saturday, August 8, 2009, and after examining all the entries for the 29th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest 2009, decided to award the prizes as follows:
1) Grand Prize: Alessandro Gatto – Italy (See above)
2) Honour Prize: Serdar Gunbilen – Turkey
3) Honour Prize: Grzegorz Szumowski – Poland
4) Honour Prize: Xiao Qiang Hou – China
5) Honour Prize: Aleksei Kivokourtsev – Russia
6) Special Prize of Nasreddin Hodja: Juan Camilo Lopera Arroyave – Colombia
7) Special Prize of Nasreddin Hodja: Wolfgang Schlegel – Germany
8) Special Prize of the Association of Cartoonists: Borislav Stankovic – Serbia
9) Special Prize of the Jury: Marija Dokmanovic – Serbia
10) Special Prize of the Culture and Tourism Ministry: Andrey Klimov – Russia
11) Special Prize of Press Publications and Information General Administration: Jugoslav Vlahovic – Serbia
12) Special Prize of Koç Holding: Jerzy Gluszek – Poland
13) Special Prize of Istanbul Greater Municipality: Alie Mazaheri – Iran
14) Special Prize of the Chamber of Architects: Cenk Alparslan – Turkey
15) Special Prize of Cumhuriyet Newspaper: Ahmet Ozturklevent – Turkey
16) Special Prize of Milliyet Art Magazine: Feng Gui Bo – China
17) Special Prize of Turkish Radio & Television Company: Mikio Nakahara – Japan
18) Special Prize of NTV Channel: Aristides E. Hernandez Guerrero (ARES) – Cuba
19) Special Prize of the Turkish Radyo & Television Company Channel Turk: Saeed Sadeghi – Iran
20) Special Prize of FOX TV Channel: Bobisa Todorovic – Serbia
21) Special Prize of Aksam Newspaper: Agim Krasniqi – Kosova
22) Special Prize of Turkish Association of Journalists: Constantin Ciosu – Romania
23) Special Prize of TV8 Channel: Ludo Goderis – Belgium
24) Special Prize of Sedat Simavi: Kemal Bulus – Turkey.
Source: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=7705