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Celtics' Enes Kanter says father released from Turkish prison after 7 years

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter tweeted Friday morning that his father had been released from prison in his native Turkey seven years after he was originally arrested by the country's authoritarian government.

"Wow! I could cry," Kanter wrote. "Today I found out that 7 years after arresting my dad, taking him through a Kangaroo court and accusing him of being a criminal just because he is my dad."

"MY DAD HAS BEEN RELEASED! This is due to the pressure we have put on the Turkish regime."

Kanter, who has been an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, went on to post two more tweets about it.