Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking legal action against Charlie Hebdo after a French satirical magazine mocked him with a front-page cartoon on Wednesday.
The caricature depicts Erdogan in his underwear, in which a woman wearing a headscarf picks up a skirt of blood and says to expose her bare back, “Oh! The prophet. ”Both figures have been shown to be different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different, different.
Erdogan’s lawyer filed a criminal complaint with Ankara’s lawyer’s office on Wednesday, saying the cartoon contained a “criminal offense” that “does not fall under freedom of expression.” According to State news agency Andolu
Turkish prosecutors have already launched an investigation into the crime under Turkish law for “insulting the president”.
This line will increase the likelihood of escalating tensions between Turkey and France.
Ankara has accused France of state-sanctioned Islamophobia following the assassination of a French teacher who reflected the classics of the Prophet Muhammad; Erdogan slammed European leaders after he insulted French President Emmanuel Macron and called for a boycott of French goods this week. France has recalled its ambassador to Ankara.
Turkish Communications Directorate Said Regarding the cartoons, Ankara “will take all necessary legal and diplomatic steps” and added: “Our fight against these absurd, fabricated and degrading measures will continue with determination and determination until the end.”
Erdogan on Wednesday Said He didn’t watch the cartoons himself because he “didn’t want to give credit to such immoral publications.”
Meanwhile, the French government is backing Charlie Hebdo. Saying “France will never abandon its principles and values, especially freedom of expression and freedom of the press.”
