<p>Around 200 people in Istanbul demonstrated on Sunday against a French magazine's decision to republish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.</p>.<p>Satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo -- the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in 2015 -- reprinted the controversial images to mark the start of the trial earlier this month of the alleged accomplices in the assault.</p>.<p>Images of the prophet are banned in Islam.</p>.<p>Twelve people, including some of France's most celebrated cartoonists, were killed on January 7, 2015, when brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi went on a gun rampage at the paper's offices in Paris.</p>.<p>Some protesters in Beyazit Square on the European side of Istanbul held placards warning Charlie Hebdo and French President Emmanuel Macron "will pay a heavy price".</p>.<p>Macron defended the magazine's "freedom to blaspheme".</p>.<p>Turkey's foreign ministry condemned the decision to republish the cartoons "that disrespect our religion and our prophet".</p>.<p>Nureddin Sirin, Kudus ( meaning "Jerusalem") TV editor-in-chief, warned, "Macron will pay a very heavy price for both his arrogance in the eastern Mediterranean and his backing of insults against Islam using press freedom as an excuse".</p>.<p>He was referring to the tensions between Ankara and Paris over Turkey's gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.</p>.<p>Greece and Turkey are locked in a bitter row over energy resources and maritime borders, and France backs Athens, even deploying ships to the region in support.</p>
<p>Around 200 people in Istanbul demonstrated on Sunday against a French magazine's decision to republish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.</p>.<p>Satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo -- the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in 2015 -- reprinted the controversial images to mark the start of the trial earlier this month of the alleged accomplices in the assault.</p>.<p>Images of the prophet are banned in Islam.</p>.<p>Twelve people, including some of France's most celebrated cartoonists, were killed on January 7, 2015, when brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi went on a gun rampage at the paper's offices in Paris.</p>.<p>Some protesters in Beyazit Square on the European side of Istanbul held placards warning Charlie Hebdo and French President Emmanuel Macron "will pay a heavy price".</p>.<p>Macron defended the magazine's "freedom to blaspheme".</p>.<p>Turkey's foreign ministry condemned the decision to republish the cartoons "that disrespect our religion and our prophet".</p>.<p>Nureddin Sirin, Kudus ( meaning "Jerusalem") TV editor-in-chief, warned, "Macron will pay a very heavy price for both his arrogance in the eastern Mediterranean and his backing of insults against Islam using press freedom as an excuse".</p>.<p>He was referring to the tensions between Ankara and Paris over Turkey's gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.</p>.<p>Greece and Turkey are locked in a bitter row over energy resources and maritime borders, and France backs Athens, even deploying ships to the region in support.</p>