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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” as “obscene”. The Turkish head of state told members of his ruling Islamic-conservative party, the AKP, in Ankara that he found out about the cover of the cartoon supposedly depicting him, but did not look at it. It is beneath their dignity to even pay attention to such “obscene posts.”
The cartoon on the cover of Wednesday’s “Charlie Hebdo” 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.”
Erdogan is quoted as saying that he has nothing to say to those who insulted the Prophet Muhammad. “We know that the objective is not me, but the values that we represent,” he said. It is “a matter of honor” to oppose the attacks against the Prophet.
Among Europe’s leaders, hostility towards Islam and Muslims and disrespect for the Prophet Muhammad “is spreading like a cancer.” Erdogan’s communications director, Fahrettin Altun, had previously accused the magazine of “cultural racism.” The “so-called cartoons” are “repulsive” and without human morals, he said in a message. “The anti-Muslim agenda of French President Emmanuel Macron is paying off!” Altun wrote.
The Turkish presidential office also announced that it will take “necessary” measures against the “vile caricature.” The drawing reflects a “hostility towards the Turks and Islam”. Ankara Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into the Charlie Hebdo administration.
A French government spokesman described Wednesday’s verbal attacks as “heinous”.
