The situation between Enes Kanter and Turkey is deteriorating fast. The Turkish government has issued an arrest warrant for Enes Kanter, accusing him of being a terrorist. Here are more details from Yahoo Sports:
A judge issued the arrest warrant after an Istanbul prosecutor opened an investigation into Kanter’s alleged “membership of an armed terrorist organisation”, Sabah daily reported. Kanter, 25, a centre for Oklahoma City Thunder, previously backed Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen in Twitter postings after an attempted putsch last July aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey accuses US-based Gulen of ordering the failed coup and refers to the movement as the “Fethullah Terrorist Organisation” (FETO). Gulen denies the claims.
The arrest warrant refers to Kanter’s alleged use of an encrypted messaging application called Bylock, Sabah said, which Turkey claims was especially created for Gulen supporters. It also referred to Kanter’s “praise for a terror organisation” in messages via his social media accounts, the daily reported.
Last week Kanter’s Turkish passport was cancelled in Romania while en route to London, and Kanter blamed it on the Turkish government. He was eventually allowed to continue his travels after being detained for several hours. Kanter plans to apply for U.S. citizenship in the near future.
