Turhan Selçuk was born in Milas, Turkey in 1922. He published his first comic in 1941 in the newspaper Türk Sözü (published in Adana). He launched Turkish humor magazine Akbaba in 1943 and became one of the most famous comic artists in Turkey. His work, of which 'Abdul Canbaz' is the most well known, has appeared in magazines like Aydede, Yon, Devrim Ornegi, Yeni istanbul, Milliyet and Aksam ye Cumhuriyet. Some of his drawings have been acquired by several European museums.
