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Turkish court blocks Web pages with Charlie Hebdo cover

Court in Diyarbakir province orders to block access to Web pages showing French satirical magazine's latest cover with caricature of Prophet Muhammad.

14.01.2015 - Update : 14.01.2015
Turkish court blocks Web pages with Charlie Hebdo cover

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

A court in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakir province ordered Wednesday to block the access to Web pages showing Charlie Hebdo's latest cover of a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad. 

"Pictures, cartoons, statements, writings, and publications aimed at humiliating the Prophet and religious values are accepted as an insult to those who believe in that religion," the court ruled. 

The French satirical magazine reportedly increased its print run to five million copies on Wednesday after it rapidly sold out in France. 

The cover depicts Prophet Muhammad in a white dress and shedding a tear, holding up a sign reading, “Je suis Charlie,” below the headline "All is forgiven." 

Last Wednesday, 12 people were massacred in a gun attack in the Paris headquarters of the weekly.

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