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Charlie Hebdo published a satirical cartoon on its cover that showed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sitting in his underwear, holding a canned drink with a woman wearing a headscarf. Turkish officials described it as a “disgusting attempt”.
A dispute with France arose over the offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad after the beheading of a teacher who had shown the satirical cartoons, which had been published by Charlie Hebdo, to his students at a lesson on freedom of expression in France this month.
Turkish presidential media official Fakhruddin Altun tweeted on his Twitter account on Tuesday: “We condemn this disgusting act of a publication that publishes racism and cultural hatred.”
For his part, French government spokesman Gabriel Atal said on Wednesday that France “will never back down from its principles and values” despite “attempts to destabilize and intimidate”, noting “great European unity” over their values in the face of criticism from Turkey and Muslim countries about the cartoons. From the prophet Muhammad.
After the cabinet meeting, Atal added that France “is under a growing terrorist threat in recent days, fueled by calls to hatred,” but that “strengthens our will to fight extremist Islam and all its aspects without ceasing.” .
