Turkish Presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has reacted sharply to the French ’satirical’ Magazine Charlie-Hebdo’s cartoon on Turkey-Syria earthquakes whose caption reads (No need to send tanks) amid teetered buildings and heaps of rubble.
"Modern barbarians! he said, “Drown in your grudge and hatred.”
The cartoon published on the same day of the earthquake with the title "Cartoon of the Day" kidded over the massive destruction in Turkey-Syria in which 24,000 people lost their lives.
Charlie Hebdo magazine was first published in France, in 1960. Its publication ceased in 1981 but was resurrected in 1992.
A group of ‘Islamist’ gunmen stormed the magazine's Paris office on January 7, 2015, and 12 people were killed after it published blasphemous depictions of the last Islamic Prophet.
In response, thousands of people later, along with many world leaders, rallied in a joint show of solidarity and support for the victims, and the “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) campaign was started by supporters of the outlet.
A netizen by the name of Sara Assaf said that she was withdrawing her support for the magazine. “Je ne suis plus Charlie” (I am no longer Charlie), she wrote, about the slogan “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie).
“We were with you during your pain. It’s a disaster for humanity what we’re now going through!” another user wrote, before concluding: “No, it’s not humor.”