Oguz Gurel was born in 1968 in lzmit: Turkey. He graduated from the Marmara University, Textile and Art Faculty in Istanbul. He is drawing cartoons for about 15 — 16 years. His artworks were published for the first time in a local newspaper "Kocaeli" in 1989. Then he worked also for a number of various newspapers and magazines. Oguz Gurel published his own cartoon album named "Days with Cartoons". He is a member of following organisations: FECO (FEderation of Cartoonists Organisations) and Turkish Cartoonists Association. He have been working as a president of the Turkish Cartoonists Association for a year. Oguz Gurel participated at numerous national and international cartoon competitions and his cartoons have been awarded more than 100 important prizes