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Topic: Turkey seeks arrest warrant for Enes Kanter
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catmandoo
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posted 01-16-2019 06:43 PM
Turkish prosecutors are seeking an international arrest warrant for New York Knicks player 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. Officials at the prosecutor's office could not be reached by The Associated Press for comment.
Kanter, who didn't go with the Knicks this week for their game in London because he feared he could be killed over his opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, responded on Twitter that the Turkish government could not present "any single piece of evidence of my wrongdoing."
"I don't even have a parking ticket in the U.S.," he wrote Wednesday.
Kanter has been an outspoken critic of Erdogan, and his Turkish passport was revoked in 2017.
This time, Sabah says prosecutors are seeking an Interpol "Red Notice" citing Kanter's ties to exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed for a failed coup in 2016, and accusing him of providing financial support to his group.
Kanter said he feared assassination if he left the U.S. or Canada when he announced last week that he wouldn't travel with the Knicks, who play the Washington Wizards at The O2 Arena on Thursday. The team said at the time Kanter wouldn't make the trip because of a visa issue. Link
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m hamilton
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posted 01-17-2019 05:58 AM
...and you thought you were having a bad day. Can you imagine going through life wondering if someone was slipping up behind you to kidnap you?
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catmandoo
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posted 01-19-2019 07:04 PM
That would be a heck of a way to have to live your life. Looking over your shoulder every time you left your house.
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m hamilton
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posted 01-19-2019 09:31 PM
Only because he was associated with some of these people they've arrested!
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catmandoo
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posted 02-19-2019 11:55 PM
Not a good situation that's for sure.
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