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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized a cartoon of his published by the French satirical magazine on Wednesday Charlie hebdo, calling it an “ignoble attack” for “scoundrels”.
“I did not see this cartoon […] There’s no use saying something about these scoundrels “Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara.
“My anger is not due to the ignoble attack against me, but to the insults against the prophet” Mohammed said, adding: “We know that the goal is not my person, but our values.”
A Charlie hebdo on Tuesday night he posted the first page of his latest issue with a cartoon of the Turkish president on social media.
Under the title “Erdogan – In private is a lot of fun”, the Turkish president is seen sitting on a sofa, shirt, underwear and canned drink in hand, as he lifts the skirt of a veiled woman who does not wear underwear, and exclaims: “Alas! The prophet.”
The image aroused the ire of the Turkish government, which announced that it would respond with “judicial and diplomatic” measures.
The Ankara prosecutor’s office announced shortly after the opening of an investigation against officials of the Charlie hebdo for “insulting the head of state.”
The context is one of tension between Turkey and France. On Monday, Erdogan called on his citizens to boycott French products, days after Paris called its ambassador in Ankara, after the Turkish president questioned the “mental health” of his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
Reactions in the Muslim world against France and its president, including protests and calls for a boycott of French products, came after Macron declared his support for the freedom to caricature the prophet Muhammad, in tribute to a beheaded French professor. Islamic extremist for showing cartoons of that prophet in a class.
On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rohani stressed that insulting Muhammad “is immoral” and “encourages” violence. “
“The West should understand that […] insulting the Prophet is equivalent to insulting all Muslims, all prophets, all human values and trampling on ethics “Rohania noted in a television speech during the Iranian government’s weekly meeting.
The publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad was the cause of an attack on the Charlie hebdo in 2015, leading to 12 deaths.
