In its 26 June issue, the Turkish satirical magazine LeMan published a cartoon in which one character, floating amidst rubble and bombs, shakes hands with another and says:"Salam aleykum, I am Muhammad", who replies:"Aleykum salam, I am Musa (Moses)". The public prosecutor's office seized copies of the issue containing the cartoon and the
Zehra Ömeroğlu drew a cartoon entitled "Pandemic Sex" for the Turkish satirical magazine LeMan in November 2020. Following the publication of the cartoon, she has been involved in a criminal prosecution for "obscenity" which is dragging on. By March 2024, the trial had already been postponed four times. Today, after thirteen court hearings,
Translation: Pandemic sex... (A man sniffs a woman from behind): "At least I didn't lose my taste and smell..." I reproduce a press release from Cartooning for Peace and Cartoonists Right on the judicial persecution that the Turkish authorities have been subjecting cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu (1985)(Linktr) for more than three years. The trial
