Erdogan slams cartoon as ‘vile provocation’, Turkish magazine denies Prophet Mohammed depiction

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lashed out at a satirical magazine following allegations that it had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, calling it a “vile provocation”.  As protests erupted in Istanbul, the magazine’s top editor said the image had been misinterpreted and was “not a caricature of Prophet Mohammed”.