Enes Kanter spoke with reporters on Monday, detailing a weekend in which he fled one country, was briefly detained in another and finally made his way to the United States via London.
Kanter's passport was invalidated by the Turkish government, a move the Thunder center alleged was motivated by his political views. He has been an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a public supporter of the Hizmet movement, which opposes Erdogan.
On Monday, Kanter clarified what took place on Saturday and looked ahead to the future. Some key questions:
What happened on Saturday?