Charlie Hebdo

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu told the European Union on Jan 15 they shared many values, including freedom of speech, but warned against "stigmatizing Muslims" in the fallout from the Paris Islamist attacks.

Davuto?lu noted after meeting European Union President Donald Tusk that he had been in Paris at the weekend to take part in the Charlie Hebdo solidarity march.

Beyond all the political and religious debates about Charlie Hebdo and the politics of Islam, there lies the harsh reality of family life and a woman?s role in society. As the West becomes more secular and women opt to become working mothers, Turkey is turning quite the opposite way.

Charlie Hebdo founder: Editor "dragged team to their deaths"

PARIS -- A founder of Charlie Hebdo has condemned the murdered editor Stephane Charbonnier of "dragging the team" to their deaths, RT is reporting.

According to the report, Henri Roussel suggested that Charbonnier did so "by overdoing the satirical magazine's provocative cartoons."

French President Francois Hollande said Jan. 15 that Muslims were the "main victims" of fanaticism, as five of the 17 killed in last week's Islamist attacks in Paris were laid to rest.
      

By Costas Iordanidis

The horror in Paris, the cold-blooded murder of French citizens by other French citizens on religious grounds, was met with widespread condemnation but we are still a long way from a concerted political response to the threat of radical Islam.

This column will not attempt to solve the problem and it would be naive to presume that it could.

Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Jan. 15 to heighten security measures against Islamist militants following the Paris attacks, while vowing that Germany would not be divided by extremism of any kind.
      

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.
      

It has been reported that French President François Hollande asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attend the Jan. 11 march in Paris after the attack on Charlie Hebdo, claiming that his presence would be divisive.

I have not come across either an official or unofficial denial of the reported news.