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

ISTANBUL -- Turkish police detained three more employees of a satirical magazine on Tuesday, raising the number of people taken into custody over a cartoon that allegedly depicted the Prophet Muhammad to four.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned as a "vile provocation" a cartoon published in a satirical magazine that appeared to depict Islamic and Jewish prophets, saying authorities would closely follow the legal process.