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Maarten was born in The Netherlands in 1964. After a few years at the Willem de Kooning academie of arts in Rotterdam he started working as an independent cartoonist in 1992. Since then he has worked for several Dutch newspapers of which the collaboration with the Leidsch Dagblad even dates from 1997. His work has been in/on France 24, Le Monde, Washington Post and Trouw. Besides working at home he does live stand up cartooning and gives workshops.

Turkish-Dutch crisis. Ministers not allowed in NL

The Netherlands (just like Germany) doesn't want Turkish ministers acting in Holland for their Tu
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Erdogan and Merkel. Who is the real fascist?

It is forbidden for a Turkish minister to campaign in Germany for a national referendum on consti
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Free Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel

Another journalist is in jail. one of the many in Turkey.
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Us against them

Shouting 'Them' is often a decoy to hide failure in social politics and environmental progress.
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Trump using his new powers

Now Trump is the man who can push buttons and leave all these annoying women behind him.
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Cocktail in Istanbul

A sad reminder of the attack on the cocktail bar Reina.

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Aleppo by night

Syrian soldiers are searching houses door by door in Aleppo, killing everyone inside.
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The European weighing scale

Ignoring it's own constitution, the EU divides the refugees in good and bad, taking care of only

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When Matthew met Haiti

This time, let Haiti come out of this tragedy richer and better than ever before.
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Dark skies over Europe (and Holland)

It's getting a bit chilly out here.
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Cease fire in Syria, in a split second

Well, was there any difference for the Syrians? Just a short lunchbreak maybe.
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