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Multiple people directly threatened Enes Kanter Freedom after news broke out about a bounty placed on his head by the Turkish government. The player published some of them on his Instagram.

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The Turkish government has recently placed a bounty on Enes Kanter Freedom's head, and people started directly threatening the former Boston Celtics player right after the news broke out.

Enes Kanter Freedom

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Kanter Freedom has been marked as a member of theFethullahist Terrorist Organization/Parallel State Structure and is officially wanted by the Turkish government. He's been placed on the Grey list of the Turkish Interior Ministry's 'Terrorist Wanted List'.

Up to 10 million Turkish liras (~€490,000) are promised as a reward for those who give information that leads to the capture of a wanted person.

With serious money being offered, numerous people started directly threatening Kanter Freedom on Instagram. The player has decided to publish the threats.

"You will never be able to leave American and go to other countries because we'll be waiting to shoot you in the head," one threat reads. "We will cut your head off of your body and feed it to dogs you traitor," says another.

"That makes it so dangerous,” the playerhad told The New York Post. "Before the bounty, Turkish intelligence was after the people on the list, but now everyone is after them because they want the money."

Turkey canceled Kanter's passport in 2017 and tried to deport him from Romania. He has since become a US citizen and has been living in exile.

Kanter Freedom has been an outspoken critic of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarian regime in Turkey for numerous years now. After a coup attempt in 2016, Erdogan has cracked down on his critics.

Kanter Freedom is a free agent now and hasn't been picked up by any NBA team since February of last year. The player doesn't seem to believe that he can return to the EuroLeague either.

"Don't forget that I can't enter Turkey and that Turkish Airlines runs the Euroleague," he told Walla Sport last summer.

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