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(19,491 posts) Sat May 20, 2017, 11:36 AM May 2017

OKC's Enes Kanter detained in Romania [View all]

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter is being detained in Romania after his passport was "canceled" by the Turkish embassy on Saturday morning, he said in a video posted to Twitter.

Kanter, who arrived in Bucharest from Jakarta, Indonesia, as part of his 2017 Enes Kanter Light Foundation global tour, posted a video on Twitter in which police officers have "been holding us here for hours."

"The reason behind it is just, of course, my political views," Kanter, who turned 25 Saturday, said in the video. "And the guy who did it is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey."

The Thunder said they are working with the league office and gathering information through the appropriate channels.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19424531/enes-kanter-oklahoma-city-thunder-says-being-detained-romania

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OKC's Enes Kanter detained in Romania [View all] Mosby May 2017 OP

Turkish govt. not getting very good press this week are they? nt redwitch May 2017 #1

That's our friends, right? Iggo May 2017 #3

Thunder center Enes Kanter has arrest warrant in Turkey, accused of being part of terrorist group Mosby May 2017 #2