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.

Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad - a sacred religious figure whose depiction is forbidden in Islam.

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday condemned a Turkish satirical magazine after it published a cartoon authorities claim depicts the Prophet Muhammad.