The Turkish magazine Leman is just like a satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Based in Istanbul. And like Charlie Hebdo, he regularly angered the conservative Turkish political currents and regularly receives threats. The critical magazine traditions in Turkey, advocates freedom of sexual relations and criticizes the government.
Leman had published in 2002 a common number with Charlie Hebdo.
"Guys Charlie Hebdo felt alone in their efforts, which is why they came to see us, says Zafer aknar the director of the Turkish satirical magazine (http: www.leman.com.tr/).
They came to Istanbul to show that Islam is indeed a religion of tolerance. They wanted to tell the others look! In a Muslim country there are magazines like Leman.
They worked with us to tell others: Islam is not what you think. But no one understands. "
The tolerant Islam, not the Turkish government. Following the Leman director of ITV is self-explanatory.
"Charlie Hebdo was in the most unconditional opposition. They reserved their heaviest criticism to their own society and their system. But people are not aware of that.
They held certain things and focused on it. Why not look at what they have done to others? 80 to 90% of their designs were directed against their own government.
Is Charlie Hebdo has supported the occupation of Iraq? Will he had an only time they supported the French intervention in Libya? What war did they ever supported?
If we wrote what they wrote on their company we could not walk the streets. "
In Turkey, tolerant Islam does not make it less difficult and risky publication of criticism and caricatures against the power.
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