Behiç Ak was born in 1956 in the city of Samsun on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. He is a well-known cartoonist and author. He has also directed documentary films.

Ak studied architecture at İstanbul Yıldız University and İstanbul Technical University. Architectural education helped him to develop a better awareness and deep understanding of people, social life, and the world we are living in. His different way of looking at people, nature, urban space, buildings and objects – in short, everything that surrounds us – is reflected with a humorous and responsible style throughout his works.

Since 1982 Behiç Ak has been drawing a daily comic strip, “Kim Kime Dum Duma” (Everybody for himself!), for the well-known newspaper Cumhuriyet. His comic books have been published in Turkey and Germany. His comic strips have been exhibited in several cities throughout Turkey as well as in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany.

Ak has been writing and illustrating children’s books since 1981. His large collection of children’s books includes children’s novels as well as colorfully illustrated story books for early readers. He has so far written and illustrated 38 children’s books all of which are attracting attention with their philosophical background and are continuously making re-prints. His children’s books are being published in Turkey by the leading children’s and YA fiction publisher GÜNIŞIĞI KİTAPLIĞI. He also has a picture book collection of 6 titles published by CAN YAYINLARI. His illustrated children’s books are not only published in Turkey but also in Japan, Korea, Germany and China. Being a talented and successful cartoonist, Ak’s illustrations are as powerful and colorful as his stories.