Cemile İlgün Ulusal Fotoğraf Yarışması

The Cemile İlgün National Photography Competition is a student photo contest organized by FOTON (Fotography Organizations Association) in Turkey. It invites university students residing in Turkey, aged 18 to 30, to submit up to five digital color or black-and-white photographs and offers a multi-category prize pool totaling 100,000 Turkish Lira. The competition aims to highlight Turkey’s natural, cultural, historical, and intangible heritage through photography and to foster collaboration among universities.

Prize money distributed among winners and finalists: First prize 35,000 TRY, Second prize 17,500 TRY, Third prize 10,000 TRY, 3 consolation prizes 4,000 TRY each, and 17 exhibition prizes 1,500 TRY each. Total prize pool 100,000 TRY.

Turkish residents aged 18-30 who are enrolled as university students (undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate) at institutions in Turkey.

Submit up to five digital color or B&W photographs online according to the contest rules.