Turkey issues arrest warrant for NBA Player Enes Kanter, claiming him to be Pro-Terrorism

[Dougz]

[QUOTE]Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey issued an arrest warrant on Friday for Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter, accusing him of being a member of a "terror group", a pro-government newspaper reported.

A judge issued the arrest warrant after an Istanbul prosecutor opened an investigation into Kanter's alleged "membership of an armed terrorist organisation", Sabah daily reported.

Kanter, 25, a centre for Oklahoma City Thunder, previously backed Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen in Twitter postings after an attempted putsch last July aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]The Swiss-born star hit back at the Sabah story on Twitter, sharing a screenshot of the article, adding: [B]"You cannot catch me. Hahaha. Don't waste your energy.

"I am already going to come to (Turkey) to spit on all of your ugly, hate-filled faces.[/B]"[/QUOTE]

[url]https://www.yahoo.com/news/turkey-seeks-arrest-nba-star-kanter-report-134012079.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw[/url]

[the rifleman]

Fuck Turkey and fuck Erdogan.

[343N]

Fucks sake it's always a TERRORIST accusation, never anything less

[Da Space Core]

this is why you should never allow one person or one small group of people get too much unchecked power

[Useful Dave]

Give Kanter a basketball, and he's a weapon of mass terror to the opposing team's fans.

[Shirt.]

[QUOTE=da space core;52279527]this is why you should never allow one person or one small group of people get too much unchecked power[/QUOTE]

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew[/url]

I beg your pardon?

[SKS]

[QUOTE=Shirt.;52279588][url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew[/url]

I beg your pardon?[/QUOTE]

:tried:
[url]http://www.conservapedia.com/List_of_dictators[/url]

(excuse source)

[GoldenDragon]

Why go to Turkey? The moment he gets there he's going to be subject to a sham trial and sent to prison where he has an "accident"

[Shirt.]

[QUOTE=Radical_ed;52279722]:tried:
[url]http://www.conservapedia.com/List_of_dictators[/url]

(excuse source)[/QUOTE]

You didn't. Lee Kuan Yew utilizing his practically unchecked power turned Singapore from a corrupt government ruling over an impoverished society that farmed dirt and lived in shacks to one of the most prosperous Asian countries. Ataturk did a similar thing with Turkey back in the 30's, lets also not forget the Dutch East Empire Company and what its unchecked power did for Europe as a whole.

By the by please don't swing that trash pile of a site my way and try to push it off as a source or as if your post had an argument.

[Géza!]

[QUOTE=Useful Dave;52279530]Give Kanter a basketball, and he's a weapon of mass terror to the opposing team's fans.[/QUOTE]

I bet Erdogan fears a Chaos Dunk

[miles]

Funny how these islamists are fighting eachother now after [del]ruling[/del] fucking up the country over the course of their 15 years reign together.

[Archival]

Look out the basketball team might start a coup

[ThePinkPanzer]

[QUOTE=Shirt.;52280262]You didn't. Lee Kuan Yew utilizing his practically unchecked power turned Singapore from a corrupt government ruling over an impoverished society that farmed dirt and lived in shacks to one of the most prosperous Asian countries. Ataturk did a similar thing with Turkey back in the 30's, [B]lets also not forget the Dutch East Empire Company and what its unchecked power did for Europe as a whole.
[/B]
By the by please don't swing that trash pile of a site my way and try to push it off as a source or as if your post had an argument.[/QUOTE]

Can we talk about what they did for the native population as a whole.

Also most people aren't talking about the past thousands of years of autocrats when they mention dictators.

[343N]

[QUOTE=343N;52279513]Fucks sake it's always a TERRORIST accusation, never anything less[/QUOTE]

I didn't say this

[joshthesmith]

[QUOTE=Shirt.;52280262]

[url]https://en[/url].[b]wikipedia.org[/b]/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew

[url]http://www[/url].[b][i]conservapedia.com[/i][/b]/List_of_dictators

By the by please don't swing that trash pile of a site my way and [b]try to push it off as a source[/b] or as if your post had an argument.[/QUOTE]

:huh:

Anyway I read about Turkey having problems with this guy but never thought it would come to this! They are becoming more dictatorial by the day and Erdogan is an idiot.

Good for him, hope any country hearing this arrest warrant will piss on it if it comes their way

[Araknid]

[QUOTE=Shirt.;52279588][url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew[/url]

I beg your pardon?[/QUOTE]

one rare positive example under a pile of shit
nice

[cis.joshb]

[QUOTE=Araknid;52310805]one rare positive example under a pile of shit
nice[/QUOTE]

"positive" as in apparently its okay to curtail civil liberties and freedom of the press as long as your country gets richer

[Janeway]

Still not sure why anyone gives Turkey the time of day, we should be treating them like we treat North Korea at this point.

[343N]

[QUOTE=jonu67;52311178]Still not sure why anyone gives Turkey the time of day, we should be treating them like we treat North Korea at this point.[/QUOTE]

It's nowhere near as bad as NK

[Spazi]

[QUOTE=jonu67;52311178]Still not sure why anyone gives Turkey the time of day, we should be treating them like we treat North Korea at this point.[/QUOTE]

Because of complex geopolitics.

[Janeway]

[QUOTE=343N;52311267]It's nowhere near as bad as NK[/QUOTE]

They don't have to be anywhere near as bad, Turkeys government and the people who allow said government to continue deserve just as much crap as North Korea get's, I mean hell, in a lot of respects they've technically pulled way more crap off than North Korea has and unlike the peoples of Turkey the peoples of North Korea don't get a choice in the matter.

[QUOTE=Talishmar;52311313]Because of complex geopolitics.[/QUOTE]

Complex my ass, what hold does Turkey have over other countries that could possibly stop people from making aggressive moves against them whenever they start a massive hissy fit, I can't really think of any, hell I'd say North Korea has more of a death grip, given South Korea and the threat of nuclear weapons than turkey does.

[343N]

[QUOTE=jonu67;52311524]They don't have to be anywhere near as bad, Turkeys government and the people who allow said government to continue deserve just as much crap as North Korea get's, I mean hell, in a lot of respects they've technically pulled way more crap off than North Korea has and unlike the peoples of Turkey the peoples of North Korea don't get a choice in the matter.[/QUOTE]

I think some people are delusional but they don't deserve anything.

Also please don't nuke it yet, I only just arrived