Trouble in Egypt

[dantes]

I foresee we're going to become the cunts we accuse the prequel jedi of being, we'll make him forget his problems and focus on football, allow his mother to die, and act surprised when he turns evil.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I think you got this backwards – his father was arrested in Turkey because of his son's criticism of Erdogan on Twitter and the son's allegiance to Gulen, not because the father (a university professor) did anything, as far as I know. The really insidious part was that the father was forced to publicly disown his son to try to stay in government's good graces – and they still jailed him as a "terrorist." BTW, this is another bit of context to show how Ozil is really full of shit decrying "racism" in German FA, while supporting Erdogan who does shit like this to ethnically Turkish athletes (like Ozil, Kanter wasn't even born in Turkey).

I always thought Kanter's relationship with that Turkish cleric (whom Erodgan blamed the last coup on) was what screwed his father (if he isn't linked to him either). Who knows - but Erodgan is a tit, so he doesn't really need a reason to do whatever the fuck he pleases.

From NBA.com ...

[article]ISTANBUL (AP) -- A Turkish court has accepted an indictment charging the father of NBA player Enes Kanter with "membership in a terror group," the country's official news agency reported Monday.

The indictment followed an investigation of Mehmet Kanter, and prosecutors planned to seek his conviction and a prison term of five to 10 years at trial, Anadolu Agency said.

It's unclear when the trial in western Tekirdag province would begin.

Enes Kanter, who plays for the New York Knicks, is a follower of a U.S.-based Turkish cleric who the government accuses of masterminding a failed military coup in 2016. Cleric Fethullah Gulen has denied the allegation, but tens of thousands of people suspected of ties to his network have been arrested or fired.

The elder Kanter, a professor, was purged from public service after the coup attempt and detained for five days last summer.

Anadolu said the indictment alleges he contacted some 120 suspects with alleged links to Gulen, including dozens who were said to have communicated through an encrypted messaging application.

Enes Kanter, a center for the New York Knicks, has been a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His Turkish passport was canceled last year.

Prosecutors charged him in December with insulting the president in a series of tweets. They want to try him in absentia and have him sentenced to more than four years in prison, if he is convicted.

"Keep my family, innocent people in your prayers," the basketball player tweeted Monday with the hashtag "DictatorErdogan." His Twitter account is withheld in Turkey.

Under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of the coup, Turkey has arrested more than 50,000 and sacked some 110,000 people alleged to have infiltrated state institutions for Gulen. The government said the crackdown was needed to fight alleged acts of terror.[/article]