On June 26, 2025, the magazine has faced significant backlash for its content, particularly for cartoons perceived as offensive to religious or cultural sensitivities caused embroiled in a major controversy over a cartoon that critics claimed
depicted the Islamic prophet
Muhammad, a figure whose visual representation is considered
forbidden in Islam. The cartoon, published in the June 26 issue, showed two figures labeled
Muhammad handshaked
Moses with "
As-salamu alaykum" in
Arabic, to which he responds "
Aleichem Shalom" in
Hebrew, interpreted by some as a commentary on the
Israel-Palestine conflict. The magazine denied that the cartoon depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In the cartoon they are depicted shaking hands above it as the
Middle East is being bombed. Due to this cartoon, several
Islamist and
fundamentalist groups, such as the youth of
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front outraged heated protested at the magazine's headquarters in
Beyoğlu, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office organized a protest at the magazine's headquarters in Beyoğlu, and the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided that the Turkish Penal Code Article 216. Article 2 of the
Constitution, initiated a judicial investigation on the charge of "publicly denigrating religious values" and ordered the detention of four people, including the magazine's publisher,
editor-in-chief and managing editor. At the outset of the protests, an individual in the vicinity expressed opposition to the protesters by hurling beer at them, which led to the injury of a
police officer. Meanwhile, protesters employed provocative language targeting
secularism and
secular people of society, inciting
violence through
hate speech. In addition to the reaction of religious societies, the cartoon was condemned by moderate and secularist political circles. Then, access to the website has been blocked by the authorities. == Writers and illustrators ==