Top Turkish officials on Wednesday condemned the mockery of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, calling it "an abominable attempt to spread his cultural racism and hatred".
Turkey's anger at the scene sparked cartoons of
the Prophet Muhammad between Turkey and France, which erupted after students
were shown’ cartoons in a lesson on teacher freedom, and were beheaded in
France this month.
Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Cullen wrote on
Twitter: "We strongly condemn the publication in a French magazine about
our president, which has no respect for any faith, sanctity or values."
"They are only showing their obscenity and
obscenity. Attacking personal rights is not humor and freedom of
expression," he said.
In the cartoon on the cover of Charlie Hebdo,
Erdogan was shown’ sitting in a white T-shirt and underwear, drinking a can of
wine with a woman wearing an Islamic hijab.
"Macron's anti-Muslim agenda is
fruitful," said Fahrettin Altun, Turkey's director of presidential
communications.
"We condemn this publication's most heinous
attempt to spread its cultural racism and hatred," Altun wrote on Twitter.
Erdogan sharply criticized Macron over the
weekend, saying the French leader needed a mental health check-up, which would
force France to recall its ambassador from Ankara. On Monday, Erdogan called
for a boycott of French products. [nL8N2HH3MN]
The cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which are considered’
insulting by Muslims, have been displayed’ in solidarity in France, and Macron
has said he will redouble efforts to curb conservative Islamic beliefs that
violate French values, and many more. Angered all Muslims.
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