Enes Kanter hasn’t been shy in his criticism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Celtics center has called Erdogan “the Hitler of our century” and supports Fethullah Gulen, whom Erdogan accused of being the mastermind of a failed coup in 2016, which he believed led to Turkey canceling his passport and his father’s arrest and sentencing in 2018.
Kanter now believes the ramifications of his continued criticism of Erdogan have made its way into the NBA. He shared on an episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” that other Turkish players in the league won’t talk to him.