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Turkish Magazine's Prophet Muhammad, Prophet Moses Cartoon Sparks Anger
- A Turkish magazine, LeMan, published a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Moses, which many found offensive, leading to protests in Istanbul.
- Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation and ordered the arrest of four magazine employees for allegedly insulting religious values.
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed the arrest of the cartoonist and other employees, stating, "These shameless individuals will be held accountable before the law."
- LeMan defended the cartoon, claiming it aimed to portray the plight of Muslims rather than insult religious figures.
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Turkey’s ‘Mohammed-Moses’ Incident: Cartoonist Jailed, Magazine Assaulted by Islamists
On June 26th, the Turkish satirical magazine LeMan published a cartoon that featured a city that appears to be Gaza. Islamists interpreted the figure of Mohammed in the cartoon to be Islam’s prophet Mohammed. In response, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime and the country’s Islamists have started a witch hunt by arresting four employees of the magazine, including its editor-in-chief and the cartoonist, with a seizure order of the issue in w…
The chief editor of the Turkish satirical newspaper LeMan was arrested, according to a press release made Saturday by his lawyers. It's just the latest detention from a series that started on the charges that...
Aslan Özdemir, Editor-in-Chief of Leman Magazine, was arrested in Istanbul as part of an investigation launched over a cartoon.
Aslan Özdemir, who was detained as part of an investigation launched due to a cartoon published in LeMan Magazine and identified as the editor-in-chief, was arrested by the court to which he was brought.
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