Turkey hits at 'crusades' against Islam in cartoons row with France

ANKARA - Turkey's leader said on Wednesday that Western countries mocking Islam wanted to"relaunch the Crusades", heightening a confrontation with France over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that have stirred anger in Muslim-majority countries.

In a sign of spreading anger at France's defence of the right to publish the cartoons, demonstrators denounced France in street protests in several Muslim-majority countries.Erdogan sharply criticised Macron at the weekend, saying the French leader needed a mental health check, prompting France to recall its ambassador from Ankara. On Monday, Erdogan urged a boycott of French products.

Turkish officials said separately Ankara would take legal and diplomatic steps in response to a caricature of Erdogan in Charlie Hebdo, which officials called a"disgusting effort" to"spread its cultural racism and hatred". State media reported that Turkish prosecutors had launched an investigation into Charlie Hebdo's executives.

France's foreign ministry on Tuesday issued safety advice to French citizens in Indonesia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq and Mauritania, advising them to exercise caution. They should stay away from any protests over the cartoons and avoid any public gatherings. In the Somalia capital Mogadishu, hundreds of mostly youthful demonstrators gathered at K4, a busy junction leading to the airport and started chanting anti-French slogans and burning French flags. They were responding to calls by clerics in various Somali regions to come out and condemn France and boycott French products.

You are stirring up emotion against the Muslim in Europe and the West. Suggest you keep your TRAP SHUT.

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