{"id":196076,"date":"2025-12-22T22:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=196076"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:49:52","slug":"exclusive-interview-nba-star-in-tears-enes-freedom-i-fear-that-erdogans-killers-will-find-me-in-america-they-kicked-me-out-of-the-nba-for-criticizing-china-for-them-everything-is-profit-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/exclusive-interview-nba-star-in-tears-enes-freedom-i-fear-that-erdogans-killers-will-find-me-in-america-they-kicked-me-out-of-the-nba-for-criticizing-china-for-them-everything-is-profit-video\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, NBA STAR IN TEARS: Enes Freedom: I fear that Erdogan&#8217;s killers will find me in America! They kicked me out of the NBA for criticizing China, for them everything is profit! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Enes Kanter is a famous Turkish basketball player and former NBA star for whom Turkey, due to his criticism of Erdogan&#8217;s regime, has issued an Interpol warrant and placed a bounty of $500,000 on his head!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today he lives under 24-hour FBI protection due to death threats, and he hasn&#8217;t seen his family for more than 11 years because the President of Turkey, Erdogan, confiscated their passports, phones, and all electronic devices from their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-My father, who was one of the greatest Turkish scientists, was expelled from the university and arrested as a member of a terrorist organization, my sister cannot get a job, and my brother, who also plays basketball, had to flee Turkey to survive, says Kanter in an exclusive interview for Serbian Times and Serbian News USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His problems did not end there, as he was forced to abruptly end his NBA career, but not because of criticism of the Turkish regime, but \u2013 China!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-While I was speaking about the problems in Turkey, the NBA stood behind me; Adam Silver even held a press conference. However, the problems started when I began to criticize China for its treatment of the Uyghur minority. The NBA makes a huge profit from China; more people watch them there than the US has inhabitants, jerseys and sneakers are sold\u2026 They warned me not to talk about it, but I did not listen to them. And then February 2022 came, and everyone knew\u2014my teammates, my manager\u2014they told me my career was over. And that\u2019s how it was. I was released from Houston and never again did any NBA team want to hire me, even though I was in full strength and excellent form, Enes Kanter recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He spoke openly about everything he survived due to the conflict with the Turkish regime and President Erdogan, the NBA bosses, how he met Nikola Joki\u0107 and predicted he would become a big star, and much more in an interview he gave to our editor Antonije Kova\u010devi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch this exclusive and poignant interview, in which the celebrated basketball player could not hold back his tears\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, ENES FREEDOM, NBA STAR: I fear that Erdogan&#039;s assassins will kill me in USA!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5drKhDNBvaI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For more exclusive reports and updates about the lives of Serbian and Balkan diaspora communities in America and worldwide, follow our YouTube channel Serbian News USA by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCS_ysoSEeeQwLLKUMVT2izQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>THIS LINK<\/strong><\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author\/Video:<\/strong> Antonije Kova\u010devi\u0107 <strong>Editing:<\/strong> Ivana Talijan <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/momcilovic-ispisao-istoriju-talentovani-amerikanac-srpskog-porekla-ubacio-6-vezanih-trojki-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MOM\u010cILOVI\u0106 WROTE HISTORY: Talented American of Serbian origin hit 6 consecutive three-pointers! 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