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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears on the cover of the next issue of the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo. The publication posted a cover on Facebook on Tuesday, a decision likely to further strain relations between Turkey and France, according to dpa, according to Agerpres.
The cartoon shows Erdogan in sloppy house attire, sitting in an armchair and lifting a Muslim woman’s dress (chador), with the comment “In private, Erdogan is a lot of fun.”
The next issue of Charlie Hebdo will be published on Wednesday.
Erdogan came to the fore in a wave of discontent in Muslim-majority countries after Charlie Hebdo decided to republish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, enraging Muslims a decade ago.
The Turkish president attacked his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and called for a boycott of French products. There have also been protests against Macron in Turkey, although public gatherings are prohibited due to the coronavirus.
Depictions of the prophet are considered taboo in Islam, and Charlie Hebdo’s images are particularly provocative, with some linking Islam to terrorism.
Erdogan accused French President Emmanuel Macron of allowing the spread of Islamophobia by not banning the images.
Macron responded by defending the right to free speech, most recently at the funeral of Samuel Paty, a teacher who was beheaded in France after presenting some of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons in class, an hour on freedom of expression.
Publisher: BP
