Yerlikaya shared footage on social media showing the arrests of the magazine’s graphic designer, illustrator, editor-in-chief, and managing director, calling the cartoon “despicable.”


The videos showed officers restraining the suspects with cable ties and escorting them from the premises.


Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç stated that Leman was under investigation for “publicly denigrating religious values.”


Leman denied the allegation that the cartoon in question did not depict the Prophet Mohammed.


The arrests came after a protest outside the magazine’s Istanbul office in the Beyoğlu district, where demonstrators reportedly chanted “Long live Sharia” and damaged windows and doors, according to local media.


In response to the unrest, authorities imposed a one-day ban on public gatherings in Beyoğlu.