Starting with the early 1980s, Kavala has contributed to the establishment of several publishing companies in Turkey. Following the coup d'état in 1980, in 1983, he co-founded the publishing house İletişim Yayınları.[5][6] In 1985, he co-founded Ana Publishing with Nazar Büyüm ve Selahattin Beyazıt, which published AnaBritannica (the Turkish version of Encyclopædia Britannica), Britannica Compton’s, and Temel Britannica.[7] Kavala is currently a member of the board of directors at Aras Publishing.[8]