In Istanbul, the political justice system under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reached new heights of absurdity, even classifying the yeast pastry ‘Pogatschen’ as evidence of a conspiracy in the case of imprisoned human rights activist Osman Kavala. It appears that any preposterous notion is deemed sufficient to imprison critics.
Erdoğan’s political judiciary is pursuing arbitrary measures, utilizing even baked goods like ‘Pogatschen’ as proof of a plot in the case of imprisoned human rights defender Osman Kavala. The system seems to employ any far-fetched idea to silence its critics and keep them behind bars.
