{"id":1805633,"date":"2023-01-14T09:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T14:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1805633"},"modified":"2023-01-14T09:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T14:06:40","slug":"turkey-puts-bounty-on-america-loving-ex-nba-star-enes-kanter-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turkey-puts-bounty-on-america-loving-ex-nba-star-enes-kanter-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Puts Bounty On America-Loving Ex-NBA Star Enes Kanter Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fturkey-puts-bounty-on-america-loving-ex-nba-star-enes-kanter-freedom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1805633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s government has placed a $530,000 bounty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/enes-kanter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enes Kanter Freedom<\/a>The pro-America ex-NBA star, who is an outspoken supporter of human rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish-born athlete was raised in Switzerland and is a fierce critic of current policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-biden-tells-turkish-president-erdogan-he-will-recognize-armenian-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a>Ankara was therefore forced to label him a &#8220;a&#8221; \u201cterrorist\u201d He will be punished if he is caught. \u00a0Freedom is often referred to as the strongman. \u201cHitler of our century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of my platform, whenever I say something, it goes everywhere, and the Turkish government hates that,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/12\/ex-nba-star-enes-kanter-has-500k-turkish-bounty-on-his-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom from the New York Post<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re really sick of it, and they said, \u2018Enough is enough,\u2019 and doing whatever they can to shut me up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enes Freedom, a former NBA player is wanted \u201cTerrorist\u201d in Turkey for speaking out against the government and has a $500,000 bounty on his head \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HFyD5NLxHG\">pic.twitter.com\/HFyD5NLxHG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyLoud\/status\/1614022921978105856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Freedom spoke out separately about how he changed his legal name to Enes Kante and became a U.S. citizen 2021. Freedom also stated that Ankara often puts lives at risk for dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not the only one,\u201d Freedom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkishminute.com\/2023\/01\/10\/activist-nba-player-enes-kanter-freedom-has-a-bounty-on-his-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Turkish Minute<\/a>. \u201cThere are so many innocent journalists, academics, athletes, activists, and educators on this list. Now their lives are in danger because of the Turkish government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/breakaways\/subscribe?cid=breakaways&#038;mid=n&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK TO HEAR THE DAILY WIRE\u2019S ALLISON WILLIAMS INTERVIEW ENES KANTER FREEDOM ON HER \u201cBREAKAWAYS\u201d PODCAST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Freedom has also criticised his homeland while slamming the NBA for its close relationship with China. He has clashed with NBA superstar LeBron James, who has been highly critical of the U.S., particularly during the Trump administration, but has defended Beijing\u2019s human rights record. Freedom\u2019s supporters believe his willingness to call out the league is the reason the 30-year-old athlete has not been on a team for over a year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/enes-kanter-freedom-willing-to-have-very-uncomfortable-conversation-with-lebron-james-on-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom criticized James<\/a> Others for remaining silent about China, where Uyghur slaves make shoes and apparel while they are being used by them \u201cpretend they care about social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if he\u2019s educated enough, but I\u2019m here to educate him and I\u2019m here to help him because it\u2019s not about money,\u201d Freedom is a principle. \u201cIt\u2019s about morals, principles, and values. It\u2019s about what you stand for. There are way bigger things than money. If LeBron stopped making money now, his grandkids and [their] grandkids and [their] grandkids can have the best life ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freedom has been a part of the NBA for 11 seasons. She also played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks and Portland Trailblazers. Most recently, Freedom was with the Boston Celtics from 2021-22. The 6-foot, 10-inch center averaged 11.2 point and 7.8 boards per game and has earned more than $100 million. He was the third overall pick of the NBA draft in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom was an international player for Turkey&#8217;s national team between 2008-2015. However, Freedom became disillusioned after becoming disillusioned by the country, which is now more authoritarian under Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom stated to the Post that he was afraid that the bounty would make him an easy target for anyone looking to amass a fortune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat makes it so dangerous,\u201d Freedom is a principle. \u201cBefore the bounty, Turkish intelligence was after the people on the list, but now everyone is after them because they want the money.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of Turkey has put a $530,000 bounty on Enes Kanter Freedom, the pro-America former NBA star who has been an outspoken advocate of human rights. The athlete, who was born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, has been an outspoken critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prompting Ankara to brand him a \u201cterrorist\u201d and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1368900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[14878,14858,6202,14855,14879,4439,14859,5229,7623,6195],"class_list":["post-1805633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-america-loving","tag-bounty","tag-daily","tag-enes","tag-ex-nba","tag-freedom","tag-kanter","tag-star","tag-turkey","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1805633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1368900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}