The French weekly journal Charlie Hebdo's cartoon concerning the earthquake in Turkey is continuous to obtain adverse criticism from all around the world.
Not solely in Turkish society however a number of European nations and different nations have been reacting to its caricature.
On February 6, Turkey was shaken by two separate earthquakes, the middle of which was Kahramanmaraş. This earthquake has been thought of as the largest earthquake catastrophe in Turkey's fashionable historical past.
Greater than 10,000 folks at the moment are reported to have been killed however that determine is anticipated, by some, to rise considerably. The fault line has been efficient in 10 completely different provinces with a complete inhabitants of 13 million, and tens of hundreds of persons are ready to be rescued underneath the rubble within the chilly wintry situations.
The picture revealed by Charlie Hebdo on the identical day of the earthquake with the title "Cartoon of the Day" reads "Earthquake in Turkiye. Even, no must ship tanks."
Charlie Hebdo is, after all, well-known for its sharp-tongue and sarcastic strategy. Most of the cartoons it revealed prior to now have triggered widespread anger. However this, arguably, is the journal's lowest and most inappropriate level.
Founding father of Linguo platform trainer and entrepreneur Mohamed Hassissi, who has round 250,000 Instagram followers stated: "A giant earthquake hit a rustic. And hundreds of harmless folks die together with kids and doubtless hundreds of individuals will die trigger they're underneath the rubble. Solely folks sick at coronary heart discover it humorous and mock that sadly. That is what French journal Charlie Hebdo has carried out."
Hassissi added that Charlie Hebdo has carried out the identical factor earlier than, referring to the "hatred caricatures" about Prophet Mohammed in 2015.
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"Trendy barbarians! Fascist humour"
CNN Türk, one in every of Turkiye's main information channels, described the cartoon as scandalous. Turkiye's Presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın additionally reacted sharply: "Trendy barbarians! Drown in your grudge and hatred."
Sentiments shared by the Algerian-French journalist Khaled Sid Mohand and Moroccan-French educational physician Yannis Mahil who each stated the cartoon was a first-rate instance of "fascist humour".
"This so-called humour is the humour of the far proper, it's a fascist humor. Muslims have turn into Charlie Hebdo's obsession within the final 25 years," in keeping with Mohand.
French educational Yannis Mahil additionally famous that when "fanaticism and sarcasm" attain a sophisticated degree, humour turns into hate speech.
"Charlie Hebdo's goal is usually Muslims, immigrants, Africans and Asians. The journal is aware of precisely who to focus on and the way to conceal its hatred behind free speech and humour." stated Mahil.
It is maybe, nonetheless, unsuitable to say that Charlie Hebdo solely mocks minorities, Muslims and foreigners. The French journal triggered one other almighty row after a 2016 earthquake in Italy, it revealed a cartoon evaluating the earthquake victims to the nation's well-known lasagna dish.
About Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo was first revealed in France in 1960 as Hara-Kiri Hebdo. The journal modified its identify to Charlie Hebdo the next 12 months. Charlie Hebdo, a left-anarchist-leaning journal revealed on Wednesdays, ceased publication in 1981. Nonetheless, it was re-published in 1992. After the cartoons it revealed concerning the Prophet Muhammad, a bunch of Islamist gunmen stormed the journal's Paris headquarters on January 7, 2015, an assault by which 12 folks misplaced their lives.
It was the primary of a collection of violent terrorist incidents over three days that ended with hostages being held in a grocery store and introduced panic and police to the streets of the French capital.
In response, hundreds of individuals later, together with many world leaders, rallied in a joint present of solidarity and help for the victims.
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