Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad – a sacred religious figure whose depiction is forbidden in Islam.
Turkey’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned LeMan magazine’s drawing as “shameless”, announcing that its editor-in-chief, graphic designer, institutional director and cartoonist had been detained.
In a post on the social media site X, LeMan denied its cartoon was a caricature of Muhammad, saying “the work does not refer to the Prophet Muhammed in any way”.
Riot police were deployed in Istanbul on Monday as hundreds of people protested against the publication.
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