Turkey Seeks International Arrest Warrant For Enes Kanter

[RealGM Wiretap]

Turkey is seeking an international arrest warrant for Enes Kanter as they are accusing him of being a member of a terrorist organization.

Kanter has been outspoken against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Kanter didn't travel to London this week because feared he could be assassinated for his opposition.

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. 

Via ESPN

[anatomicbomb]

lol, good luck with that Erdocan't

[puja21]

lol, good luck with that Erdocan't

Yeah this is silly.

Europe/interpol not siding with a guy who jails critical journalists and fears a rival who lives thousands of miles away in Pennsylvania.

I would say it's "embarrassing" but he's drifting toward "dictator status" and probably doesn't care

[foreigngrammar]

This guy previously stated his love for gullen is stronger than his love of his family. Dude just listens to some old dude? Send all these immigrants back to their country #OnlygoodthingTrumpisdoing

You should just stop talking. At least until you consider to use your brain for thinking

[Barcs]

Turkey is a royal mess. The audacity to issue an arrest warrant for using free speech in a country that allows free speech. **** Turkey and their corrupt oppressive regime.

HOWEVER, by not traveling to London, Kanter is being a pussy and letting the terrorists win essentially. Stand up for what you believe.... or just eat 20 burgers every day and continue to be a soft little bitch that can't get a defensive rebound to save his life. How is London less safe than the US? There is just as likely a chance somebody finds him here and offs him here in the US. He's a pussy and using this as an excuse.

[popfan]

Turkey is a royal mess. The audacity to issue an arrest warrant for using free speech in a country that allows free speech. **** Turkey and their corrupt oppressive regime.

HOWEVER, by not traveling to London, Kanter is being a pussy and letting the terrorists win essentially. Stand up for what you believe.... or just eat 20 burgers every day and continue to be a soft little bitch that can't get a defensive rebound to save his life. How is London less safe than the US? There is just as likely a chance somebody finds him here and offs him here in the US. He's a pussy and using this as an excuse.

Turkey has essentially issued a death warrant on Kanter. The NBA community needs provide more public support for Kanter, who seems to be publically fighting this battle on his own. It's hard to consider Kanter a coward when he's regularly challenged Ergoden in the media. Each response by Kanter puts his family and himself at risk. He deserves credit for standing strong. And he deserves IMO more public support from the NBA.

[basketballwacko2]

US and Canada should tell Erdogan to go get stuffed! He's just a little dictator.

[basketballwacko2]

Turkey is a royal mess. The audacity to issue an arrest warrant for using free speech in a country that allows free speech. **** Turkey and their corrupt oppressive regime.

HOWEVER, by not traveling to London, Kanter is being a pussy and letting the terrorists win essentially. Stand up for what you believe.... or just eat 20 burgers every day and continue to be a soft little bitch that can't get a defensive rebound to save his life. How is London less safe than the US? There is just as likely a chance somebody finds him here and offs him here in the US. He's a pussy and using this as an excuse.

Would the Knicks be better off if Kanter was deported?

Problem is that Turkey does not have "Free Speech" in fact the USA is the only country that does, and there are certain people who want to put limits on what you can say here in the USA. They call it "Hate Speech" and define it as they wish.

[FreeBoosie]

Not saying I condone this but this Gulen guy Kanter follows is kind of a nut job. Erdogan is pretty popular with his own people and around the world except with some western leaders who had been funding the failed coup which the Turkish people themselves stopped. If Gulen/west had succeeded, turkey would have most likely been turned into Syria, Libya, Iraq and others in that region and South America that were turned into $#itholes thanks to American interventions. Since the failed coup, Erdogan has become public enemy number one in the western media and governments. Not saying that this stuff warrants international arrests of people like Kanter but fellow Americans really need to stop believing everything that they hear in the media because the tone right now is very similar to what we heard during the embarrassing Iraq invasion. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions before getting riled up and start saying stuff like F turkey, F Erdogan, etc.

[IkeDoIt]

Turkey is a royal mess. The audacity to issue an arrest warrant for using free speech in a country that allows free speech. **** Turkey and their corrupt oppressive regime.

HOWEVER, by not traveling to London, Kanter is being a pussy and letting the terrorists win essentially. Stand up for what you believe.... or just eat 20 burgers every day and continue to be a soft little bitch that can't get a defensive rebound to save his life. How is London less safe than the US? There is just as likely a chance somebody finds him here and offs him here in the US. He's a pussy and using this as an excuse.

Would the Knicks be better off if Kanter was deported?

Problem is that Turkey does not have "Free Speech" in fact the USA is the only country that does, and there are certain people who want to put limits on what you can say here in the USA. They call it "Hate Speech" and define it as they wish.

America is DEFINITELY not the only country that has freedom of speech lol Mexico, Canada, some African countries, Great Britain, New Zealand, etc etc.

And the only people instance I know the government limiting speech in America came last year where the CDC was ordered not to use certain words because some people don't agree with them...

And Kanter needs to stay put. We shouldn't take crap from other countries over something like this

[Barcs]

Turkey is a royal mess. The audacity to issue an arrest warrant for using free speech in a country that allows free speech. **** Turkey and their corrupt oppressive regime.

HOWEVER, by not traveling to London, Kanter is being a pussy and letting the terrorists win essentially. Stand up for what you believe.... or just eat 20 burgers every day and continue to be a soft little bitch that can't get a defensive rebound to save his life. How is London less safe than the US? There is just as likely a chance somebody finds him here and offs him here in the US. He's a pussy and using this as an excuse.

Turkey has essentially issued a death warrant on Kanter. The NBA community needs provide more public support for Kanter, who seems to be publically fighting this battle on his own. It's hard to consider Kanter a coward when he's regularly challenged Ergoden in the media. Each response by Kanter puts his family and himself at risk. He deserves credit for standing strong. And he deserves IMO more public support from the NBA.

This is true, but how is London any less safe than any major US city? Yeah, Kanter is doing the right thing by standing up against oppression, but it doesn't actually scream bravery when you are afraid to leave the country as if the US is some magical utopia where no bad things can happen and the UK is a shithole.

[Barcs]

Problem is that Turkey does not have "Free Speech" in fact the USA is the only country that does, and there are certain people who want to put limits on what you can say here in the USA. They call it "Hate Speech" and define it as they wish.

WHAT? The US is not even close to the only country with free speech. I know that's the propaganda we hear living in the US, but we are not any freer than pretty much any other western society. Sorry but Turkey can't apply it's own laws to people that don't even live in the country anymore. Nobody is going to honor their silly "arrest warrant." He wasn't in their country, therefor can't be expected to follow their laws. It's pretty stupid. It's like drinking a beer in the US and being issued an arrest warrant from a dry country that has banned alcohol.

[basketballwacko2]

Turkey is a royal mess. The audacity to issue an arrest warrant for using free speech in a country that allows free speech. **** Turkey and their corrupt oppressive regime.

HOWEVER, by not traveling to London, Kanter is being a pussy and letting the terrorists win essentially. Stand up for what you believe.... or just eat 20 burgers every day and continue to be a soft little bitch that can't get a defensive rebound to save his life. How is London less safe than the US? There is just as likely a chance somebody finds him here and offs him here in the US. He's a pussy and using this as an excuse.

Would the Knicks be better off if Kanter was deported?

Problem is that Turkey does not have "Free Speech" in fact the USA is the only country that does, and there are certain people who want to put limits on what you can say here in the USA. They call it "Hate Speech" and define it as they wish.

America is DEFINITELY not the only country that has freedom of speech lol Mexico, Canada, some African countries, Great Britain, New Zealand, etc etc.

Not true! Go to GB and say things critical of Islam. They will lock you up. Don't get me started about Mexico, and Canada!!

[basketballwacko2]

Problem is that Turkey does not have "Free Speech" in fact the USA is the only country that does, and there are certain people who want to put limits on what you can say here in the USA. They call it "Hate Speech" and define it as they wish.

WHAT? The US is not even close to the only country with free speech. I know that's the propaganda we hear living in the US, but we are not any freer than pretty much any other western society. Sorry but Turkey can't apply it's own laws to people that don't even live in the country anymore. Nobody is going to honor their silly "arrest warrant." He wasn't in their country, therefor can't be expected to follow their laws. It's pretty stupid. It's like drinking a beer in the US and being issued an arrest warrant from a dry country that has banned alcohol.

Grow up.

[Barcs]

Problem is that Turkey does not have "Free Speech" in fact the USA is the only country that does, and there are certain people who want to put limits on what you can say here in the USA. They call it "Hate Speech" and define it as they wish.

WHAT? The US is not even close to the only country with free speech. I know that's the propaganda we hear living in the US, but we are not any freer than pretty much any other western society. Sorry but Turkey can't apply it's own laws to people that don't even live in the country anymore. Nobody is going to honor their silly "arrest warrant." He wasn't in their country, therefor can't be expected to follow their laws. It's pretty stupid. It's like drinking a beer in the US and being issued an arrest warrant from a dry country that has banned alcohol.

Grow up.

Grow up? You are talking nonsense. Don't be butthurt because I corrected your mistake.

[mbsnmisc]

lol, good luck with that Erdocan't

lol all you want. Erdogan is a head of state. When you try to kill the king you can lose your head. If I were Kanter I would take this arrest warrant seriously.

[anatomicbomb]

lol, good luck with that Erdocan't

lol all you want. Erdogan is a head of state. When you try to kill the king you can lose your head. If I were Kanter I would take this arrest warrant seriously.

So you're saying Kanter tried to kill Erdogan? Firstly, it was a coup, not an assassination attempt. Secondly, it's really unlikely that an arrest warrant will be issued, as there is no indication of any concrete information about the ties between Kanter and the coup, especially given that tens of thousands of people have been arrested and interrogated at length (often illegally) and still nothing has been made known about such ties. Thirdly, even if an arrest warrant is issued, it is unlikely that he will be arrested and extradited by the US or Canada over specious charges from a nation of questionable character. The only way I could see it happening - in the event that an arrest warrant is actually produced, other than Kanter going home to Turkey - is if something happens that drastically changes the value of Kanter to Turkey, or of something that could be exchanged to the US for his extradition. Barring that, this is just a dictator posturing on the international stage for a global community that widely views him as a danger to the delicate stability of the region.

[basketballwacko2]

WHAT? The US is not even close to the only country with free speech. I know that's the propaganda we hear living in the US, but we are not any freer than pretty much any other western society. Sorry but Turkey can't apply it's own laws to people that don't even live in the country anymore. Nobody is going to honor their silly "arrest warrant." He wasn't in their country, therefor can't be expected to follow their laws. It's pretty stupid. It's like drinking a beer in the US and being issued an arrest warrant from a dry country that has banned alcohol.

Grow up.

Grow up? You are talking nonsense. Don't be butthurt because I corrected your mistake.

This is the last I'm gonna say about this this because it is not the proper forum for it, but go ahead skippy go to GB, or Canada and say things critical of Islam see what happens. Go to Germany or any where in Europe and talk about the nazi's and or deny the holocaust. Not that I'd do that, but try it. You'll be in jail so fast it will make your head spin. You think you can be gay in Iran or Saudi Arabia? There was an all girl band in Russia called "Pussy Riot" they locked them up because of their songs content. Do you think you can say things critical of the Govt in Venezuela. Not unless you want to assume room temp.

https://goldfiremedia.net/2017/11/20/so-much-for-freedom-of-speech-britain-first-deputy-leader-arrested-for-criticizing-islam/

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/02/uk-cops-arrest-man-for-offensive-comment-about-muslim-migrants

https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Britain-police-Muslims-arrests/2013/05/26/id/506441/

Whether you agree with them or not this is true. Free Speech is about protecting the speech you don't agree with more than just what you do agree with.

[basketballwacko2]

lol, good luck with that Erdocan't

lol all you want. Erdogan is a head of state. When you try to kill the king you can lose your head. If I were Kanter I would take this arrest warrant seriously.

Erdogan was suppose to have been "Elected." He's not a King. He's a Despot.

[Barcs]

Grow up.

Grow up? You are talking nonsense. Don't be butthurt because I corrected your mistake.

This is the last I'm gonna say about this this because it is not the proper forum for it, but go ahead skippy go to GB, or Canada and say things critical of Islam see what happens. Go to Germany or any where in Europe and talk about the nazi's and or deny the holocaust. Not that I'd do that, but try it. You'll be in jail so fast it will make your head spin. You think you can be gay in Iran or Saudi Arabia? There was an all girl band in Russia called "Pussy Riot" they locked them up because of their songs content. Do you think you can say things critical of the Govt in Venezuela. Not unless you want to assume room temp.

https://goldfiremedia.net/2017/11/20/so-much-for-freedom-of-speech-britain-first-deputy-leader-arrested-for-criticizing-islam/

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/02/uk-cops-arrest-man-for-offensive-comment-about-muslim-migrants

https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Britain-police-Muslims-arrests/2013/05/26/id/506441/

Whether you agree with them or not this is true. Free Speech is about protecting the speech you don't agree with more than just what you do agree with.

Free speech doesn't include speech that can incite violence or makes threats. How many of those people were sentenced and got jail time? I'm guessing NONE. Please cite me the law in the UK that says you can't offend Muslims? And LMAO at "Jihadwatch" as a source. That website claims Sharia is taking over the UK, which is absolutely laughable. You have been deluded by fear based propaganda and a few cherry picked examples don't prove anything.

New Zealand, UK, Australia, Japan, Canada, Ireland, Chile, Portugal, all have free speech. Anybody can cherry pick stories of police abusing power and arresting those that don't deserve it. It happens all the time, even in the US. Again, what matters is whether people have been convicted, not arrested. That doesn't say anything about the LAWS of the country itself. You made a blanket statement that the US is the only country with free speech and that's completely wrong. What you are doing is like saying the US does not give people legal rights, and then citing a bunch of stories where the police ignored people's rights and arrested them.

It's a terrible argument. What matters is the actual laws of the country.

You might want to read this. It's the European Union charter:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT

Section 2, article 11:

"Freedom of expression and information

1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.

2. The freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected."

This applies to all EU countries. Discrimination is not all allowed, but that is not the same as free speech. Plus no speech is completely free.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions