The opposition daily to the AKP, Cumhuriyet, published today 4 pages in Turkish version of the latest issue of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
The original writing was to publish the whole in an integrated central section to the newspaper. It was only after she has auto-censored and endorsement of an attorney that authorization has been given.
The editor Utku Cakirözer said “preparing this publication in respect for religious sensibilities of society and religious freedom.”
The Charlie Hebdo editor justifies this partnership, saying, “If there was a media with which I wanted to work, it was that one, because Turkey is having problems and secularism is attacked. “
Several ministers at the time of the Erdogan government had denounced the “provocation” by Charlie. One of them had even called a “rag”. It is in these circumstances that the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu came to Paris show empathy and compassion for the victims of Charlie Hebdo …