Charlie Hebdo publishes Erdogan / GORDON cartoon

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has published on the cover of its issue, which will be released on October 28, a cartoon of Turkish President Recep Erdogan. Edition made public drawing on Twitter.

In the cartoon, the Turkish president is sitting on a chair in his underwear, holding a drink can in one hand and lifting the dress of a woman in a hijab with the other. “Erdogan. In private he is very playful,” the headline reads.

Erdogan’s cartoon appeared in the context of the conflict that erupted after the murder of a French history professor by a radical Chechen Islamist.

The Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Party College history professor was assassinated and beheaded on the night of October 16. The suspect died during the arrest. This is an 18-year-old Moscow native of Chechen origin. Shortly before his death, the professor showed a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in a lesson on freedom of expression. French President Emmanuel Macron called the incident “a typical Islamist terrorist act.”

According to the French investigation, Islamists were involved in the murder. In his speech on fighting separatism, Macron spoke of “Islamic separatism” and stated that political Islamism should be rejected in schools.

French law enforcement officers reported 11 detainees suspected of being involved in the murder of a history teacher. Following the murder of the professor, the French government plans to expel 231 foreigners prone to extremism from the country.

Macron’s statements on Islam have outraged Turkish President Recep Erdogan. He reacted to them like this: “What can we say about the head of state who behaves in a similar way with millions of representatives of other religions in his country? [Макрону нужны] mind checks “.

Erdogan’s words were condemned at the Elysee Palace and they decided to call the French ambassador to Turkey in Paris.