ISTANBUL – If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn ...

Islamist protesters shout slogans against cartoonists as they gather near Leman Magazine in Istanbul on June 30, 2025. A cartoon published by Turkey’s popular satirical magazine LeMan has triggered a ...

The cartoon, widely seen as a commentary on religious harmony in contrast to conflict on Earth, drew strong condemnation from government officials and religious conservatives.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has added his voice to those that are condemning the publication of caricatures of Islam's prophet. On Friday, he called the images an attack on the ...

FILE - May 2012 photo shows an artwork by Sabire Susuz, an artist whose exhibit at an Istanbul gallery this month looks to Cin Ali, a village character who was created around 1970 by primary school ...