Editor-in-chief of magazine that published cartoons of prophets arrested in Türkiye

The editor-in-chief of the Turkish magazine Leman, Aslan Ozdemir, who published caricatures of the prophets Muhammad and Musa, has been arrested, Report informs referring to Anadolu Agency.

The journalist was detained at the airport upon his return from France to Istanbul.

Police officers took Ozdemir directly to the Istanbul court. A criminal case has been opened against the editor-in-chief of the publication under the article "incitement of hatred or enmity, incitement of ethnic hatred."

According to the court's decision, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen against him.