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Turkey lynching local humour mag LeMan over alleged prophet Mohammed cartoon
Radical Islamist mobs attacked Istanbul-based satirical magazine LeMan’s office. Police beat its personnel while detaining them. Politicians led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have targeted the magazine.
That the Sultan over the years has increased efforts to seize the pencils to the Turkish satire, is well known. Moreover, if you are aspiring dictators or dictators- as already 10 years ago the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who of dictatorships is understood, had apostrophated the then Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the overthrow of a Russian fighter by the Turkish military air force- any reflection of the satirical press on his own work…
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Four arrested in investigation targeting Leman magazine
The satirical magazine Leman was targeted on social media over a cartoon featured in its 26 June issue. Shortly afterward, the magazine’s office was attacked by a group. Following statements by government officials, the magazine became a direct target and a judicial process was initiated on the charge of “insulting religious values.” As part of the investigation, Managing Editor Zafer Aknar, graphic designer Cebrail Okçu, cartoonist Doğan Pehliv…
Turkish cartoon row deepens: ‘LeMan’ staff remanded over ‘disrespectful’ drawing
ISTANBUL, July 3 — Four staff members at satirical Turkish magazine LeMan were remanded in custody Wednesday over accusations they published a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, a case that watchdogs have called an attack on press freedom. The four, who deny any link between the illustration and the prophet, were held as part of prosecutors’ probe into what Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc called the “disrespectful drawing”. He added that a warrant…
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