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 a deeply contentious issue 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.
Turkey:#LeMan cartoonists arrested over a drawing of “Muhammad” & “Moses” greeting in the afterlife.
The magazine says it’s not the Prophet, but riots broke out and “swift legal action” followed.
No one should be jailed for a cartoon.#FreeSpeech #EndBlasphemyLaws #ExMuslim pic.twitter.com/SN0aCc87D6
— Ex-Muslims of North America (@ExmuslimsOrg) July 1, 2025
