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.

The cartoon, published in LeMan magazine, was denounced by government officials who said it represented the Prophet Muhammad.

A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of cartoonist Dogan Pehlevan and three of his colleagues on charges of inciting "public hatred" after a drawing in their satirical magazine stirred