OKC star Enes Kanter has confirmed that his father has been detained by the Turkish government.
Mehmet Kanter has been detained as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ongoing investigation into FETO, the Fethullah Terrorist Organization.
The older Kanter was apprehended in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district and is expected to Tekirdag province where Enes fears he will be tortured.
Enes was detained recently under suspicion for ties to the group and was freed with the help of the NBA and the Department of Homeland Security.
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