Erdogan on Charlie Hebdo cartoon, Syria

Turkish officials on Wednesday railed against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over its cover-page cartoon mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and accused it of sowing "the seeds of hatred."

The cartoon could further heighten tensions between Turkey and France, which erupted over French President Emmanuel Macron's firm stance against Islamism following the beheading of a teacher who showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad for a free speech class.

Erdogan himself said he had not looked at the drawing and had nothing to say about the "dishonorable" publication.

"My sadness and anger does not stem from the disgusting attack on my person but from the fact that the same (publication) is the source of the impertinent attack to my dear Prophet," Erdogan told his ruling party's legislators in parliament.

Erdogan said France and other European nations did not deserve the "provocative, ugly policies that sow the seeds of hatred of Macron and those who are of the same mentality."

He went on to criticize France and other Europe nations' colonialist past saying: "You are murderers!"

Tensions between France and Turkey have mounted in recent months over Turkish actions in Syria, Libya and the Caucasus Mountains region of Nagorno-Karabakh.