The Turkish government is taking action against those it accuses of depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a cartoon in a satirical magazine. Turkey's president called the cartoon a "vile provocation" and promised to hold those responsible for its publication "accountable before the law.

Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed,

Police in Turkiye used tear gas to disperse a protest after allegations that a satirical magazine published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.