Charlie Hebdo cartoon

CHARLIE HEBDO
  • Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly magazine.
  • Charlie Hebdo first appeared in 1970 as a companion to the monthly Hara-Kiri magazine, after a previous title was banned for mocking the death of former French president Charles de Gaulle.
  • In 1981, publication ceased. 
  • The magazine was resurrected in 1992. 
  • Its current editor-in-chief is Gérard Biard. 
  • The magazine has been the target of three terrorist attacks: in 2011, 2015, and 2020. 
  • All of these were presumed to be in response to a number of cartoons that it published controversially depicting Muhammad.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
  • The recent edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featured a controversial caricature of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • This added fuel to the raging tensions between France and Turkey.
REACTIONS

  • The Erdogan cartoon on the cover of the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo features a speech bubble above the character’s head that reads, “Ooh, the prophet!”
  • 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”.
  • 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 sentence.

PREVIOUS INSTANCES
  • 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.
  • The attack left a deep scar in France and sparked global debates on free speech, blasphemy and religion.

WHY WAS THE CARICATURE PUBLISHED?

  • 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.
  • The latest diplomatic spat follows the beheading of a 47-year-old schoolteacher named Samuel Paty in Paris.

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