Back to the Utah Jazz Newsfeed

Former Utah Jazz F/C Enes Kanter arrives in NYC a man without a country

Former Jazzman and current Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter is back in the United States. Kanter’s arrival in New York City comes after the 25-year-old had his Turkish passport revoked, after which he was detained in Romania while facing deportation back to his home country.

Had he returned to Turkey, Kanter may have been subject to imprisonment or worse.

Instead, Kanter was allowed to return to the US, although making that happen was no small feat. Appearing on ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Monday, Kanter said that the Department of Homeland Security, the NBA, the NBPA, his team, lawyers and even member of the US senate were called in to make it happen.