Turkey’s president on Monday called for Turks to boycott goods from France.
PARIS — Calls in some parts of the Islamic world to boycott French products kept amplifying on Monday, after France’s President Emmanuel Macron last week said the country “will not give up caricatures, drawings,” referring to cartoons of Muhammad that have been circulating.
The recently reissued cartoons of Muhammad by the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo are at the heart of the outcry. They were the same drawings that sparked anger in numerous countries and al-Qaeda, which claimed the January 2015 terrorist attack at the newspaper in which 12 people were killed.Some Arab trade groups have begun removing French products from their shelves. The agri-food, cosmetics and luxury industries are expected to be the hardest hit.
France’s Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot, during an interview on BFMTV Monday morning, said that a strategy of “appeasement” and “explanation” is needed in light of the protests and calls to boycott.The cartoon’s displays have been decried by various groups, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Hashtags such as #boycottfrenchproducts and #boycottfrance are gaining momentum online.
“Other markets,” which includes the Middle East, represented 6 percent of Kering’s revenues in the first half of 2020.
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