Publish date8 Feb 2023 - 15:24
Story Code : 583393

Charlie Hebdo sparks new outrage by cartoon mocking Turkey after fatal quake

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sparked new outrage by publishing cartoon which mocks Turkey following the deadly quake on Monday.
Charlie Hebdo sparks new outrage by cartoon mocking Turkey after fatal quake
The cartoon, posted on Twitter under the heading "cartoon of the day", shows buildings near collapse and lying in rubble, a flipped-over car, and piles of debris in the quakes' aftermath.

"Earthquake in Turkey," is written above the cartoon, and the words "No need to even send tanks" at the bottom.

Internet users voiced frustration and anger over Charlie Hebdo, billed as a satirical weekly, publishing the cartoon even as frantic search and rescue efforts continue to rescue survivors of the deadly disaster.

Referring to a 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo, which killed 12 people, Alexandre Boisson, a former member of the SDLP bodyguard service to two French presidents from 2002 to 2011, said on Twitter: "My colleague, Franck Brinsoloro (RIP) died to protect you. If your pen becomes murderous and leads to sacrificing other colleagues from the SDLP, you have to appear in court for incitement to hatred."

Yigit Ongen, a French-Turkish user on Twitter, said he was in Paris when Charlie Hebdo was attacked in 2015 and took part in marches to support them.
"However, it has upset me to see you have no spirituality. Thousands of people are living and (trapped) under debris," he added.

The Bosphorus Institute, a Paris-based independent think tank working to strengthen friendship between France and Turkey, slammed the cartoon as "shameful, pathetic and pitiful."

"This cartoon is nothing but shameful," Francois Burgat, a political scientist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research said.

Charlie Hebdo is also notorious for its cartoons insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.

Over 3,500 people were killed and 22,000 others injured in 10 provinces of Turkey after two strong earthquakes jolted southern Turkey, according to the latest figures, released as search and rescue efforts continue. Some 8,000 people have so far been rescued.

Early Monday, a 7.7 magnitude tremor struck the Kahramanmaras province, then about nine hours later, a 7.6 magnitude quake also centered in Kahramanmaras rocked the region, affecting several other provinces.

The earthquakes were also felt in several neighboring countries in the region, including Lebanon and Syria.
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