Yeni Akit

The massacre of cartoonists coming on the top of vicious terrorism by Islamists has generated two responses among Muslims: 1) "The West asked for it! They deserve it!" 2) "This is not Islam! Islam is a religion of peace."

Let us take a look at these responses, which are sometimes articulated together. Then, let us think about how Islam came to this state and how it can get out of it.

Two Islamist newspapers in Turkey have drawn ire on social media with their headlines that "justified" the deadly attack on a French satirical newspaper.

Hours after gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), Yeni Akit newspaper chose the title, "Attack on the magazine that provoked Muslims."

So at the end of the day journalism has not died in Turkey.

If it had died as some of our colleagues have been saying lately out of pessimism, there wouldn’t be any need felt to issue the publication ban to the news about the commission’s corruption investigation for the four former ministers.

As if being under constant attack in the political arena and in sports stadiums is not enough, Turkish journalists are now trading physical blows with each other.