Türkiye is arrested by journalists on the alleged animation of the Prophet Muhammad

Four employees of Sach magazine in Türkiye were arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to appear to appear the Prophet Muhammad – a sacred religious figure who is prohibited from being depicted in Islam.

The Minister of Interior in Türkiye, Ali Yerlikaya, condemned the drawing of Lehman’s magazine as “rude”, announcing that its editor -in -chief, graphic designer, institutional director and cartoonist had been arrested.

In a post on the social networking site X, LeMan denied that the cartoons were a caricature of Muhammad, saying, “The work does not refer to the Prophet Muhammad in any way.”

The riot police were deployed in Istanbul on Monday, when hundreds of people protested the publication.

The demonstrators gathered outside the Leman offices that frequented slogans such as “teeth for teeth, blood for blood, revenge and revenge.”

A correspondent of the News Agency in France (AFP) has reported the vision of rubber bullets and tear gas being shot to disperse the crowd.

The Minister of Justice in Türkiye said that the investigation began by the Public Prosecutor Office “for religious values ​​publicly.”

Yilmaz Tunc wrote on X. “Caricature or any form of visual representation of our Prophet is not only harmful to our religious values, but also harms social peace.”

“The necessary legal steps will be taken without delay” against Lehman’s journalists.

Yerlikaya also shared videos of the four employees who are arrested because of the “evil drawing”.

The arrest orders were also issued to other members in the senior management of the magazine.

Cartoon photos appeared on social media, which shows two characters with wings floating in the sky over a city under the siege.

One of the characters is filmed saying, “Peace be upon you, I am Muhammad,” and the other responds, “Peace be upon you, I am Moses.”

Leman apologized to “Readers with Goodwill who feel harm” but defended his work and rejected allegations that the animation was a photography of Muhammad.

He said in a statement on X.

“We do not accept the spot that is thrown on us because there is no photography of our Prophet. You must be very harmful to explain animation in this way.”

The editor -in -chief of Lehman, Tunkai Akgon, who is currently working in Paris, told AFP that the work had offended his interpretation and that the magazine “will never risk.”

He added that the reverse reaction draws “similarities with Charlie Hebdo”, which is “very intended and very disturbing”, referring to the 2015 attack on the French satirical magazine after it published a caricature of the Prophet Mohamed.

Charlie Hebdo’s offices stormed by militants who killed 12 people and was one of the worst security crises in the history of France.