Outspoken former NBA basketball player Enes Kanter-Freedom was added to Turkey’s wanted list after Turkish authorities placed a half-a-million-dollar bounty on his head.
The NBA centre who played for the Celtics last year was targeted by the Erdogan government which placed a 10-million-Turkish-Lira or 500,000 US dollars bounty on him.
Turkey has put a $500K bounty on Enes Freedom’s head, per @nypost pic.twitter.com/3lRgzKNPRe
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) January 13, 2023
The 30-year-old basketball player was considered by Turkey’s president, Tayyip Erdogan, to be a member of a terrorist organisation for supporting Fethullah Gulen and is now on the “Most Wanted Terrorist List.”
“Before the announcement, the Turkish secret services were hunting those on the list, but now everyone will do it because they want the money,” commented the basketball player to the New York Post.
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In 2017, the Turkish government cancelled the passport of Kanter, who since 2021 has taken American citizenship and added the word “Freedom” to his last name.
Veteran football player Hakan Sukur is also on the same list. Recently Kanter attacked Erdogan in an article in TIME.
Kanter is also known in Greece for his frequent visits, while he has expressed his desire to play in the Panathinaikos shirt.
