The former NBA, activist for peace and fierce critic of all dictatorships in the world, is included in a list of the Turkish Interior Ministry as a terrorist.
Turkey Puts a Price on Enes Kanter Freedom; offered half a million dollars to anyone who could provide data to locate his capture. The Ministry of Interior of the country in charge Recep Tayyip Erdogan is there former NBA listed as a terrorist and accused of supporting the 2016 coup attempt.
Enes Kanter changed his last name to Freedom in 2021 after becoming a US citizen. Turkey revoked his passport in 2017 after supporting the coup attempt movement and classifying it as a terrorist by including it on a list that also includes journalists and other athletes: “It’s not just me. There are so many innocent journalists, academics, athletes, activists and educators on this list. Now their lives are in danger because of the Turkish government”told him Enes Freedom in the middle Turkish Minute.
The reward is 10 million Turkish liras, which is equivalent to $523,000.for anyone providing the necessary data to extradite and put behind bars any of the people included in the list of ‘terrorists´.
The former player for the Jazz, Thunder, Knicks, Blazers and Celtics is a peace activist and a fierce critic of the Turkish president, whom he calls “The Hitler of the XXI century”, “dictator” and “madman”.
The same year that Turkey withdrew his passport, 2017, he was delayed in Romania at the request of Erdoğan but the NBA and the US government negotiated for his departure from the country and his return to the United States united states He started the nationalization process and in 2021 he was able to become an American citizen.
He lives in Washington and lives protected by the police and the FBIhe was convinced that he was no longer playing at nba because their criticism of China compromise the league’s intentions to sell television rights to that country.
“Thank you for all your messages of support. First they took my family. Second they took my job and now they want to take my life. Your support and prayers mean so much to me.
Let’s continue to stand for freedom and stand against all dictators in the world.”public Enes Freedom on his personal Twitter account.
The basketball player has treatment interrorist´ of his country of birth since an attempted coup in 2016. He has been accused of being a follower of the cleric Fethullah Gülen, one of the leaders of the rebellion. Several members of his family, including his father, were persecuted and imprisoned.
Kanter’s freedom He even refused to travel to London to play when he belonged to New York Knicks why he was convinced that they would kill him. He openly criticized Nike for the conditions of its workers in Asia and lebron for maintaining brand relationships. is also a fierce critic of China and its policy in Hong Kong and Tibet and came to raise his voice in a request for boycott against the Beijing Olympics. He used, while playing, shoes with legends for freedom and against dictatorships.
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Source: Tycsports
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