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[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Enes Kanter supports Turkish politician Gulen and Erdogan has tried to imprison all supporters of Gulen as well as all supporters of other politicians.

Turkey revokes passport of @okcthunder's star while in Romanian airport. He is facing deportation to Turkey, where he'll likely be arrested.

https://twitter.com/MahirZeynalov/status/865928723312365568

Oklahoma City Thuder center Enes Kanter has been detained in Romania, claiming that he has been held by police for hours and that his passport has been seized on orders from the Turkish embassy.

Kanter is a native of Turkey and was traveling from Romania from Indonesia, according to ESPN, as part of a global tour with his charitable foundation. He shared details about the situation in a video posted this morning on Twitter. “They said they canceled my passport,” Kanter said, asserting that the Turkish embassy was responsible. “The reason behind it is just of course my political views.”

Kanter has been a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the past. In this morning’s video, he called Erdoğan “a bad, bad man” and “a dictator,” labeling him “the Hitler of our century.” He also mentioned that he’d “attacked people in Washington,” seeming referring to peaceful protestors outside the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C. who were hurt by Erdoğan’s bodyguards during the president’s visit to the White House this week.

http://deadspin.com/enes-kanter-det...source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Erdogan is feeling himself way too much to be attempting to kidnap an American basically. We've got to fuck him up.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Someone call Rodman.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Im sure Trump will call and tell him how brave and smart he is for doing this.

 

[gutter_trash]

after Edrogan's antics during his referndum campaign;

EU members should ignore all extradition requests from Erdogan.

 

[Reckheim]

Enes Kanter supports Turkish politician Gulen and Erdogan has tried to imprison all supporters of Gulen as well as all supporters of other politicians.



https://twitter.com/MahirZeynalov/status/865928723312365568



http://deadspin.com/enes-kanter-det...source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Erdogan is feeling himself way too much to be attempting to kidnap an American basically. We've got to fuck him up.

He's done much worse than this, surprised this is the thing that makes you want to 'fuck him up'.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

He's done much worse than this, surprised this is the thing that makes you want to 'fuck him up'.

No shit.

I want to fuck him up regardless, but this is another move that makes me want to fuck him up worse.

I don't know if Turkey has kidnapped many Americans before this either?

 

[GitarooMan]

Can't believe Erdogan was invited to the White House, says everything there is to say about what Trump's goals are.

 

[chekhonte]

If there ever was a time for the Chaos Dunk it is NOW

 

[norm9]

I'd expect some big stars to start tweeting about this. Not trump though.

 

[TestOfTide]

Fuck it. Time to just rip off the band-aid and kick Turkey out of NATO.

Fuck Erdogan for destroying what was for decades a successful secular democratic muslim nation.

 

[boiled goose]

Other countries shouldn't tolerate this bs.

 

[veryslowhand]

that trump friends at their best

 

[Nabs]

What a great birthday present.

 

[PassiveObserver]

Must've been a kick to the dick when he was told.

 

[airjoca]

Turkey used to be on my to visit list. Shame.

 

[LionPride]

After he spoke out against Erdogan, Hedo Turkoglu basically exiled Kanter from the National Team, seeing this happen isn't a surprise really.

 

[Jenov]

Wow that's some bullshit. I don't think Enes actually has US citizenship though so I doubt Trump cares and the US won't do much. Ugh. Poor guy. Looks like he has Swiss citizenship?

 

[Shiggy]

Not surprising. Dictators don't like dissident voices. Waiting for pigeon to arrive so that he can defend this.

 

[Future]

Trump: "Smart guy that Erdogan! Too bad our archaic constitution holds me back or I'd do the same. Sad!"

 

[Lord Frieza]

Turkey used to be on my to visit list. Shame.

Yeah, it's a beautiful place, but I'll never go again while this guy is around.

 

[Falchion]

That's awful, hope he can get out.

 

[somedevil]

That's awful, hope he can get out.

He is London now and going back to NY and will hold a press conference tomorrow.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ma-city-thunder-london-being-detained-romania

NBA with the state department got him to London and then after that back to NY.