Turkey's despotic leader calls basketball player a terrorist

ESPN:
Turkish prosecutors are seeking an international arrest warrant for New York Knicks center Enes Kanter, accusing him of membership in a terror organization.

Sabah newspaper says the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office had also prepared an extradition request for the NBA player.

The newspaper says prosecutors are seeking an Interpol "Red Notice" citing Kanter's ties to Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed for a failed coup in 2016, and accusing him of providing financial support to his group. Officials at the prosecutor's office could not be reached for comment.
Kanter reacted to the report in a tweet Wednesday.


Enes Kanter
✔@Enes_Kanter

Turkish Government can NOT present any single piece of evidence of my wrongdoing. 🤷‍♂️

I don’t even have a parking ticket in the US 😂 (True)

I have always been a law-abiding resident. 😇

The Wall Street Journal
✔@WSJ
Turkish prosecutors allege New York Knicks center Enes Kanter should be extradited. An earlier tweet didn't make clear the request came from Turkey.

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According to Interpol, a Red Notice is a request to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition. For Kanter to be extradited, the United States would have to be convinced that Kanter committed a crime prosecutable in the U.S.
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This is a nonsensical request by a despotic government in Turkey.  Kanter is a critic of that government as are a lot of people.  Because he is a critic, his family that is still in Turkey has suffered governmental abuses.   He is a guy who risks actual freedom to speak out about abuses in his native country. Nike is unlikely to honor him with an ad because it might lose the ability to sell shoes in Turkey.

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