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Turkey: Journalists face jail for publishing Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoon

Apr 8, 2015 7:45 pm By Robert Spencer

charlie hebdo post massacreThe freedom of speech is everywhere under assault and everywhere in retreat. If we lose it, there will be nothing left of our free society — those in power will be able to work their will unopposed. That’s why our Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest is so important. Stand with us against violent intimidation: get your tickets here.

“Turkey journalists face 4.5 years jail over Charlie Hebdo cartoon,” AFP, April 8, 2015 (thanks to C. Cantoni):

Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday called for two prominent journalists who featured Charlie Hebdo’s cover with the image of the Prophet Mohammed in their columns to be jailed for four and a half years.

Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor has charged Ceyda Karan and Hikmet Cetinkaya with “inciting public hatred” and “insulting religious values” by illustrating their columns with the cartoon, the Hurriyet daily reported.

The cartoon was a smaller version of the controversial front cover depicting the Prophet Mohammed that French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo printed in its first edition after the attack on its offices by Islamist gunmen in January that killed 12 people.

The cartoon angered Muslims all over the world and most media in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey refrained from publishing it.

Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on January 14 had published a four-page Charlie Hebdo pull-out translated into Turkish marking the French satirical weekly’s first issue since the attack.

The edition did not include the controversial front cover of the Prophet Mohammed but a smaller version of the cartoon was included twice inside the newspaper to illustrate columns on the subject by Karan and Cetinkaya….

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had condemned the publication of cartoons of the Muslim prophet as an “open provocation”, warning that Turkey would not tolerate insults against Mohammed….

The Cumhuriyet daily, which sees itself as the voice of secular Turkey, is a vehement opponent of the Islamic-rooted authorities under Erdogan.

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  1. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 8, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    I recommend:
    A Bright Yellow Pac Man Muhammad — with a crescent moon eyelash and star eyeball wearing an ‘Islam is Peace headband chewing up Coexist bumper stickers.

  2. mortimer says

    Apr 8, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    Information cannot be controlled and will eventually lead to the destruction of Erdogan and his thugs.

  3. duh_swami says

    Apr 9, 2015 at 4:35 am

    As SOS, Hillary signed on to UN resolution 1618 that would make ‘slandering’ Islam a crime internationally… Why worry about Turkey when we have the specter of Hillary becoming Prez and ‘exerting herself’ in behalf of the IOC and Mahoundians everywhere? A vote for Hillary is a vote for a zipped lip…

    • Jerry says

      Apr 9, 2015 at 6:37 am

      How can you possibly “slander” Islam, by accurately quoting from the Qur’an, Hadith and Sirat Rassoulallah?

  4. AJ Liberphile says

    Apr 9, 2015 at 4:45 am

    Looks like Ahmet Davutoglu can’t read all those English language websites and blogs on the Straisand Effect. I guess he’ll soon get lots of people explaining by example, in Turkish.

  5. Jerry says

    Apr 9, 2015 at 6:25 am

    Try a cartoon of Erdogan with an Aisha look alike suckling at his groin.
    Isn’t it following the example of the “Prophet”?

  6. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 9, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    JESUiS

    In contrast in Islam the ‘I’ is emphasized.

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