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Turkey erupts with anger at French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo. This anger was sparked by the indecent caricature of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shown by the magazine.
As reported AFP, Wednesday (10/28/2020) Erdogan’s press assistant was held. Turkey says what Charlie Hebdo does is disgusting.
“We condemn the most disgusting attempts of this publication to spread racism and cultural hatred,” Erdogan’s press assistant Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter on Tuesday (10/27/2020).
“The anti-Muslim agenda of French President Macron is paying off! Charlie Hebdo has just published a series of so-called cartoons filled with despicable images of what is said to be our president,” he continued.
Wednesday’s edition of Charlie Hebdo’s cover cartoon, posted online Tuesday night, shows Erdogan in a T-shirt and underwear, drinking a can of beer and lifting a woman’s clothes with a headscarf. to expose her buttocks.
“Oh prophet!” says the character in a speech bubble, while the caption says “Erdogan: personally, it’s a lot of fun.”
Charlie Hebdo exhibits this cartoon at a time of escalating war of words between Erdogan, Macron and other European leaders following the beheading of French school teacher Samuel Paty. Charlie Hebdo is a magazine that previously published cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad, prompting attacks and massacres at its editorial offices in 2015.
Turkey Law
As Reuters reported on Wednesday (10/28/2020), Turkish national media reports said that Turkish prosecutors had launched an investigation into executive officials Charlie Hebdo. However, the basis and crime of the investigation are not certain.
In a statement, Turkey’s Communications Directorate confirmed that firm action would be taken against Charlie Hebdo for publishing the cartoon mocking Erdogan.
“Our people should have no doubt that all legal and diplomatic measures being taken against this cartoon will be taken,” Turkey’s Communications Directorate said in a statement.
“Our battle against these abusive, malicious and insulting actions will continue to the end with full determination,” the statement added.
