Jailed Turkish philanthropist ravaged in pro-AKP media (Adalet? Justice?)

Al-Monitor ^ | October 23, 2017 | Amberin Zaman

[Texas Fossil]

The veil of secrecy shrouding the detention of Osman Kavala, a tireless and generous supporter of civil society in Turkey, has yet to be lifted since his detention at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Oct. 18.

But the slander campaign against the prominent businessman and philanthropist is continuing full blast. Aydin Unal, a columnist for the pro-government Yeni Safak, likened Kavala to Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based imam who is accused of seeking to violently overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “It is quite clear that Kavala, just like Fethullah Gulen, is one of the baby-faced, masked as peace-loving, humanitarian-seeming tools collected internally to carry out the West’s operations on Turkey,” he wrote in his column today.

[Texas Fossil]

Not long ago, a Kemalist leader promoted a long march from Ankara to Istanbul under the banner "Adalet" (Turkish for Justice). The march ended with a gathering of a million people.

The recent coordinated madness by Turkey, Iran, Baghdad and Erbil connected to Kirkuk Iraq (hints in Efrin Syria) have made me feel sick thinking about friends affected by it.

I'm not close to anyone in Turkey, but this is deeply unsettling.

"Adalet" Indeed. But it does not exit in Turkey today.

Worthwhile read, expression on his face is telling.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Texas Fossil.