by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Celtics center Enes Kanter, –,a longtime critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is kinda-censored in Turkey. Yet, it seems that Turkish video editors should brush up on their final cut skills. Kanter shared a video footage in which he was poorly...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter thanked Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau and his government in a tweet on Wednesday for issuing him a visa to enter Canada to play in the NBA’s first Christmas game in Toronto. Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An American woman who has reached out to Turkish basketball player Enes Kanter via Instagram said that she can’t travel to Turkey becasue she has Kanter’s signature tattooed on her arm. Kanter on Monday revealed the DMs between him and the woman who...
by TurkeyPurge | May 14, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish basketball player Enes Kanter’s Portland Trail Blazers reached the NBA’s Western Conference finals, which start on Tuesday, but for the first time the series will not be widely televised in Turkey, where Kanter is accused of having terrorist links, Reuters...
by TurkeyPurge | May 3, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
The National Basketball Association (NBA) terminated its contract with a Turkish PR company that controls its local Twitter account after the latter failed to mention Enes Kanter’s name among high-performers following a play-off game. ““Fans in Turkey can watch all...
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