The petition signed by 1,128 academics in support of terror, followed by the support campaigns carried out by actors and writers is not something to be taken lightly. When considered together with the troubles surrounding Turkey and the region, this attitude, which is beyond the revenge psychology that has become chronic, a completely different picture emerges. And this is a picture drawn in “hostility,” “treachery” and “slyness” and painted in dazzling colors and fancy words.