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Paris. Turkey strongly condemned a cover of the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” with a cartoon of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan’s communications director, Fahrettin Altun, accused the magazine of “cultural racism” on Tuesday night. The “so-called cartoons” were “repulsive” and without human morality, it was said. “The anti-Muslim agenda of French President Emmanuel Macron is paying off!” Altun wrote.
On Twitter, the head of the “Turkish Presidium for International Cooperation and Coordination”, Serdar Cam, appoints the editors of the magazine “Bastards” and “Dogsons”.
Charlie Hebdo:@Charlie_Hebdo
You are bastards.
You are sons of bitches.?? Dr. Serdar Çam (@serdar_cam) October 27, 2020
Turkey’s presidential office announced legal and diplomatic measures against the “vile caricature.” The drawing reflects a “hostility towards the Turks and Islam”. The Ankara Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into the management of “Charlie Hebdo”.
The cartoon on the cover of Wednesday’s edition of the satirical newspaper, which was published online Tuesday night, shows Erdogan in a white blouse and boxer shorts sitting in an armchair. She holds a can in her hand and lifts the tunic of a veiled woman to reveal her bare bottom. “Ohh! The Prophet!” He says in a sandwich. The page is titled with the words: “Erdogan – in private is a lot of fun.”
Heated mood for days
The atmosphere between France and Turkey has heated up for days. The tensions were sparked by Macron’s comments on freedom of expression and Islam following the death of teacher Samuel Paty, who was allegedly beheaded by an Islamist. The French head of state had defended freedom of expression and the publication of cartoons on several occasions, most recently at Paty’s funeral. The teacher had shown cartoons of Muhammad in class as an example of freedom of expression. Devout Muslims especially reject a graphic representation of the prophet and find it insulting, but it is not explicitly forbidden in the Qur’an.
Erdogan accused Western countries of “relaunching the crusades” on Wednesday. These are planned by states that attack Islam, the Turkish president said in a speech to parliamentarians from his party, the AKP. Opposing the attacks on the Prophet Muhammad is “a matter of honor.”
Call for a boycott in Pakistan
Pakistan and several Arab governments also criticized Macron’s position. In Pakistan, the leader of the new opposition movement PDM called on distributors to boycott French products on Wednesday. Maulana Fazalur Rehman, who is also chairman of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-e Islam party, also called on Wednesday to halt imports from France. Islamic parties announced protests against France’s position on freedom of expression and caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Erdogan recently attacked Macron for his stance on freedom of expression. The Turkish head of state called for a boycott of French products and recommended that the French head of state, among other things, undergo a psychological examination. (what, dpa)
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