
- A cartoon in a Turkish satirical magazine depicting what appeared to be Prophets Mohammad and Moses was an “Islamophobic hate crime,” the spokesperson for President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party said on Tuesday.
The comments amplify a wave of official condemnation a day after four cartoonists at the Leman magazine were detained over the drawing.
The cartoon, published a few days after the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, appears to