Turkey's state-run news agency says prosecutors are seeking more than four years in prison for NBA player Enes Kanter on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Anadolu Agency says an indictment prepared by the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office accuses the New York Knicks player of insulting the president in a series of tweets he posted in May and June 2016.

Imagine people in American going to jail for insulting TRUMP?

Panos wrote:Does this mean he's opting out?

fishmike wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:Kanter is a Swiss citizen sooooooooo

is that true? Why the Turkish passport?

That's what i heard. He was born there.

Nalod wrote:"You heard"? This the "Word on the street"? Takes just a few seconds to look it up.
He had a Turkish passport. Not a Swiss. He was born in Switzerland but what does that mean? That U.S. rules apply globally? Of course not.
Nothing in anything read (google it) says "Dual citizenship". This is a guy as he is quoted as saying he is without a country. Because he will be persecuted he will get a faster track to be a U.S. Citizen as some form of "Escape persecution". Pretty well documented. Trump is buddies with this Turkish President so maybe he goes missing in the night and lands in Istanbul. Remember this dude when he visted the U.S. had his security detail actually engage physically with protesters in Washington. Very uncool btw. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/19/turkey-president-erdogan-trump-said-sorry-about-dc-violence-involving-turkish-bodyguards.html Trump is a wuss. Those goons had no right to lay a finger on anyone on U.S. soil.
As for Enes political views he obviously does not have the same rights as those here in the U.S.. Or at lease while we have the 1st amendment. Seems we take that forgranted but have no problem backing the 2nd amendment.

I didn't feel like looking it up cause i don't really care about this since nothing is gonna happen with it anyway.

It's not crazy to see this country is heading in that direction.

newyorker4ever wrote:

Nalod wrote:"You heard"? This the "Word on the street"? Takes just a few seconds to look it up.
He had a Turkish passport. Not a Swiss. He was born in Switzerland but what does that mean? That U.S. rules apply globally? Of course not.
Nothing in anything read (google it) says "Dual citizenship". This is a guy as he is quoted as saying he is without a country. Because he will be persecuted he will get a faster track to be a U.S. Citizen as some form of "Escape persecution". Pretty well documented. Trump is buddies with this Turkish President so maybe he goes missing in the night and lands in Istanbul. Remember this dude when he visted the U.S. had his security detail actually engage physically with protesters in Washington. Very uncool btw. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/19/turkey-president-erdogan-trump-said-sorry-about-dc-violence-involving-turkish-bodyguards.html Trump is a wuss. Those goons had no right to lay a finger on anyone on U.S. soil.
As for Enes political views he obviously does not have the same rights as those here in the U.S.. Or at lease while we have the 1st amendment. Seems we take that forgranted but have no problem backing the 2nd amendment.

I didn't feel like looking it up cause i don't really care about this since nothing is gonna happen with it anyway.

But you were still quick to comment "what I heard"?
Its not whether something happens its just discussion.

knicks1248 wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:There is no way he gets extradited to go to jail for what is a political 'crime'

right, and since the U S came to his rescue when they cancel his passport, and he has no intentions of ever going back there, why is this even public.

A bit of background on this.
Because they are trying him in absentia and want to make an example. Best to do it with an high profile person like Enes.
Erdogan tried to have Gulen extradited after he blamed him for a failed coup. http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/politics/turkey-us-fethullah-gulen-ultimatum/index.html It is rumored there was none but Erdogan labeled it as such so he could crack down domestically (with force) on his political opponents. This is scary stuff but since its "Turkey" most of us don't care about it.
Enes spoke out about it. His family lives in Turkey and its unknown if they support his views but if they did not "Disown" them they might have been persecuted themselves. The family might not been able to immigrate here.
Trump likes Erdogan. Trump has demonstrated desire to have absolute powers. He is a long way from getting it but he is trying. Locking up Hilary, his political opponent for no reason other than to elevate his view is something we don't do in this country.

WHy is it public you ask knicks1248? why do you even have to ask?

Gudris wrote:http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21825111/turkey-seeks-jail-term-knicks-enes-kanter-insulting-turkish-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan

Turkey's state-run news agency says prosecutors are seeking more than four years in prison for NBA player Enes Kanter on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Anadolu Agency says an indictment prepared by the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office accuses the New York Knicks player of insulting the president in a series of tweets he posted in May and June 2016.

What a weakling! dictators and despots are so insecure and thin skinned no matter how much power they accumulate, then surround themselves with morons and cowards who are too scared to tell them they're being a d**k