ANKARA (Reuters) -A cartoon published by Turkish satirical magazine Leman depicting prophets was an “Islamophobic hate crime,” ruling AK Party spokesman Omer Celik said on Tuesday. His remarks came a day after Turkish authorities detained four cartoonists …
Turkish police have arrested four staff members of the satirical magazine Leman over an alleged caricature of the Prophet Mohammed, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced late Monday. Yerlikaya shared footage on X (formerly Twitter) showing the arrests …
The cartoon, published last week, triggered a backlash from government officials and religious groups in Turkiye. On Tuesday, the Istanbul chief public prosecutor’s office announced a formal investigation under charges of “openly insulting religious values …
Turkish police have arrested 120 city hall members in the opposition bastion of Izmir, local media and the CHP opposition party said on Tuesday. A former mayor and numerous "senior officials" were among those detained, Murat Bakan, the vice …
Turkish company ASELSAN has reached an agreement with South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace to install the SEDA 100 Gunshot Detection System in Seoul’s upcoming armored vehicles. “This move marks a strategic milestone in ASELSAN’s long-standing commitment to …
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