Erdogan Once Well Connected to George Soros Despite Recent Fall Out

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently said businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala was “a remnant of Soros” as he slammed a joint statement by ambassadors from 10 of Turkey’s Western allies. “With their money these people want to shake up any place they want, however they want,” Erdogan said, equating Kavala to the Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist George Soros. Despite him and his ally far-right politician Devlet Bahçeli also calling Kavala a follower of Soros earlier in the week, Erdogan was once better connected to the Open Society Foundation founder than any other Turkish politician. “The only politician in Turkey…