Another Charlie Hebdo Cartoon On Erdogan

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What has happened?

The recent edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which featured
A controversial caricature of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Has added fuel to the raging tensions between France and Turkey.
Soon after the cartoon was published, Erdogan’s office vowed to take “legal and diplomatic actions” against the French magazine.
While the Turkish President said he had not yet seen the “disgusting” cartoon, he condemned the magazine for what he called “a grave insult to my Prophet”.
The rift between the two NATO allies has widened this month,
With Erdogan calling for a boycott of French goods and questioning French President Emmanuel Macron’s sanity after the latter declared “Islam is a religion that is in crisis today all over the world”.

Charlie Hebdo has previously triggered widespread anger throughout the Muslim word by publishing and later re-publishing a series of controversial caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
The cartoons provoked a deadly terror attack at the magazine’s offices in Paris in 2015,
Which left a deep scar in France and sparked global debates on free speech, blasphemy and religion.
The Erdogan cartoon on the cover of the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo also features a speech bubble above the character’s head that reads, “Ooh, the prophet!”

Erdogan dismissed the cartoon as a “disgusting attack”.
“I don’t need to say anything to those scoundrels who insult my beloved prophet on such a scale,” he said.
“My sadness and anger is not because of this disgusting attack against me, but because the very same media is the source of impudence against our beloved Prophet whom we hold so dear.”
Erdogan’s spokesperson said the recent cartoons were the latest example of French President Macron’s “anti-Muslim” agenda.
The state prosecutor’s office opened an inquiry into the magazine’s leadership.
According to Turkish law, insulting the president can result in a prison

The latest diplomatic spat follows the beheading of a 47-year-old schoolteacher named Samuel Paty in Paris last week.
Macron responded to the attack, carried out by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee, by launching a campaign that aimed to build a French version of Islam.
During his eulogy at Paty’s funeral, Macron said that the country could never give up its liberties or its cartoons, and will continue to fight for freedom.
“We will continue, We will defend the freedom that you taught so well and we will promote secularism, we will not renounce caricatures, drawings, even if others retreat.”
Macron’s comments sparked widespread outrage in many Islamic countries, with Turkey and Pakistan taking the lead in slamming the French President for encouraging Islamophobia.
The cartoon was published days after Erdogan called for a boycott of French products, in the wake of France announcing a tougher stance on “radical” Islam.