Charlie Hebdo issue No.

Angela Merkel sits on a toilet, a copy of Charlie Hebdo in hand, and the slogan “Charlie Hebdo, the newspaper that relaxes” … This is the poster chosen by the satirical weekly for the launch on Thursday, December 1 of its German version, the satirical magazine’s first experience outside the French borders. The same edition will be launched in Vienna.

Cumhuriyet said in a statement on Feb. 9 that Can Dündar has now become its new editor-in-chief, with Tahir Özyurtseven as his deputy. 

On Jan. 15, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu strongly criticized Cumhuriyet for reprinting a Charlie Hebdo cartoon featuring the Prophet Muhammad, saying freedom of expression ?does not grant anybody the right to insult another?s beliefs.?

Relatives of those killed in the NATO bombing of the Serbian public broadcaster RTS in 1999 said that they resent comparisons with the attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Police in Niger fired tear gas Jan. 18 to break up a banned opposition demonstration in the capital Niamey, a day after deadly riots over the publication by France's Charlie Hebdo magazine of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
      
Around 300 demonstrators had gathered at a central square for a long-planned march on parliament.
      

Pope Francis was recently asked about the attack on weekly satire magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Jan. 7 that left 20 dead, including the three attackers who were acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.

Do the cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo fall within the scope of freedom of expression? This is the critical question raised by the Paris massacre on Jan. 7, which serves as an opportunity for each of us to face up to the reality.

Turkish Airlines (THY) did not distribute Turkish daily Cumhuriyet to its passengers Jan. 15, a day after the daily reprinted several cartoons from the latest edition of French satire weekly Charlie Hebdo.

The newspaper reprinted several cartoons from the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo, which was attacked by three gunmen who killed 12 people on Jan. 7.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has strongly criticized daily Cumhuriyet for reprinting the Charlie Hebdo cartoon featuring the Prophet Muhammad, saying freedom of expression ?does not grant anybody the right to insult another?s beliefs.?

Cumhuriyet?s move to print a selection of Charlie Hebdo caricatures has ?nothing to do with freedom of expression,? Davuto?lu said on Jan. 15.

French President Francois Hollande has declared Charlie Hebdo "reborn" after its new edition sold out in record time, as Al-Qaeda claimed the deadly attack on the satirical magazine.
      

Police raided the printing press of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on Jan. 14, as it prepared to distribute a four-page selection of Charlie Hebdo?s new issue in an act of solidarity with the French satirical magazine targeted last week in a deadly attack that claimed 12 victims. Here are some questions and answers to explain the raid and its consequences...