Akbaba (Turkish: Vulture) was a former satire and humor magazine published in Turkey.
[2] Akbaba was founded in 1922[3] by Yusuf Ziya Ortaç and Orhan Seyfi Orhon.
Ortaç became the sole owner and publisher of the magazine after he bought the shares of Orhon.
[6] In addition to the publishers, prominent writers and poets, such as Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Peyami Safa, Nazım Hikmet Ran, Ercüment Ekrem Talu, Mahmut Yesari, Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Vâlâ Nureddin, Aziz Nesin, Selami İzzet Sades and Muzaffer İzgü were among its writers.
Some of its cartoonists were Cemal Nadir Güler, Ramiz Gökçe, Necmi Rıza Ayça, Turhan Selçuk, Semih Balcıoğlu, Orhan Ural and Mustafa Uykusuz.