Charlie Hebdo carried President Tayyip Erdogan on its cover this week. While the cover creates controversy in Turkey; Presidential sources have repeatedly commented on the issue.

The cover of the magazine, Erdogan sits on the sofa in his underwear, lifting the skirt of a woman in a headscarf. Erdogan's speech bubble "Ouuh! Prophet!" the statement reads. Erdogan writes in capital letters at the top of the cover, while the message below says, "Very funny in his personal life".

NEWS SITES ARE TARGETED

This week's issue of the magazine was first targeted by media outlets known for their proximity to the government. A Haber, Haberturk and numerous news sites; He published stories titled "Depraved Charlie Hebdo". "The French magazine Charlie Hebdo is becoming increasingly out of line at the point of Turkey's contrast. Charlie Hebdo magazine, which hit the bottom of the level with cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad, targeted President Erdogan with a disgusting cartoon in the new issue", he said.

STATEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENCY

Following the news of the magazine's issue this week, statements came from the government one after the other. Presidential Spokesman İbrahim Kalin first reacted to the cap. "We strongly condemn the publication of the French magazine about our president, who has no faith, no sanctity and no respect for value. They only reveal their own indecency and immorality. Attacking human rights is not freedom of humor and expression. The purpose of these publications is to sow the seeds of hatred and animosity", he said.

ENGLISH MESSAGE FROM ALTUN

Fahrettin Altun, Chair of Communication of Presidency who condemned Charlie Hebdo magazine, said on his Twitter account, "These so-called cartoons are abhorrent, but also without human morality. This is clearly the product of a xenophobic, Islamophobic and intolerant cultural environment that the French leader wants for his country". Vice President Fuat Oktay said, "I curse the immoral publication of the incorrigible French rag about our President." posted on his Twitter account: "You can't fool anyone by hiding behind freedom of opinion! curse the immoral publication of the incorrigible French rag about our President. I call on the moral, conscientious international public to raise their voices against this disgrace”.

Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül said, "Every day you add a new one to your pages of unlawful, immoral shame that you have accumulated from the past to today." Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Serdar Çam posted in French on his social media account. Çam, sharing insults and profanity:

“Charlie Hebdo. You're bastards. You are sons of dogs.”

INVESTIGATION ABOUT JOURNAL AUTHORITIES STARTED

Meanwhile, the Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into officials of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo over the publication of president Tayyip Erdogan. “In accordance with articles 12, 13 and 299 of the Turkish Penal Code on the authorities of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, an investigation was launched against the President for defamation”, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. President Erdogan also filed a criminal complaint against the magazine's Editor-in-Chief Laurent Sourisseau, Editor-in-Chief Gerard Bıard and cartoonist Alice Petit at the Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office.

PATY’S MURDER

Paty, 47, a history-geography teacher at a secondary school in France on Friday (October 16th) was attacked by Islamic extremist circles via social media for two weeks ago for showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, among other things, appeared in a Charlie Hebdo humor class to handle the issue of press and freedom of thought. An 18-year-old Chechen, thought to have been influenced by the campaign, went to the front of the school, stabbed the teacher to death and then beheaded him. The murder brought Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad back into the agenda; Turkey's government has targeted magazine publications in various ways.

TURKEY-FRANCE TENSION

Meanwhile, recent tensions between Turkey and France have begun with a conflict over natural gas search efforts in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean. After the escalation of tensions, French President Emmanuel Macron and President Tayyip Erdogan made personal accusations. Finally, Erdogan claimed that France has launched a boycott campaign against Turkey; He called for a boycott of French goods. However, the claim was denied by France. (EVRENSEL DAILY)