The Turkish authorities obviously did not appreciate the humor of Charlie Hebdo.

Turkey condemned, Tuesday, October 27, the news headline of the satirical newspaper which shows Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a T-shirt and underwear, drinking a beer and lifting the skirt of a woman wearing the veil, thus revealing her bare buttocks.

"We condemn this utterly despicable effort by this publication to spread its cultural racism and hatred," the Turkish President's senior press adviser, Fahrettin Altun, said on Twitter.

He presented this publication as the result of "French President Macron's anti-Muslim program".

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- Charlie Hebdo (@Charlie_Hebdo_) October 27, 2020

Tensions between France and Turkey

Turkey's anger is added to a very lively controversy, which has been opposing for weeks President Emmanuel Macron and his Turkish counterpart, the latter having gone so far as to question the "mental health" of the French president about his positions on radical Islamism and freedom of expression. 

Emmanuel Macron had notably affirmed that France would not "renounce cartoons" during the tribute to Samuel Paty, causing a wave of disapproval and calls for the boycott of French products in several Muslim countries.

Charlie Hebdo had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2006 like other European newspapers to defend press freedom after their publication by a Danish daily angered many Muslims.

The weekly was the victim in 2015 of a jihadist attack which killed 12 people, including journalists and cartoonists from the newspaper.

With AFP   

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