Erdoğan’s enemy in the NBA

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Frequent Worldly guest cohost Jen Kirby talks Turkey with NBA player and activist Enes Kanter. Kanter was born in Switzerland to Turkish parents and raised in Turkey, but his criticism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ongoing human rights crackdown has made Kanter persona non grata in that country. They discuss how President Joe Biden has handled Turkey so far; the troubling kidnapping of a Turkish-Kyrgyz schoolteacher, part of Erdogan’s campaign of renditions against perceived political enemies; the personal consequences of Kanter's activism; and why he’s excited to become an American citizen soon. References: A recap of President Erdoğan’s political purge Enes Kanter’s op-ed in the Spectator World urged Joe Biden to get tough on Erdoğan A brief overview of the Biden-Erdoğan meeting Erdoğan claims the US and Turkey have opened a “new era” in relations Kanter condemns Turkey’s kidnapping campaign in the Washington Post Turkey kidnapped Orhan Inandi — and now Erdoğan is bragging about it The New York Times on Erdoğan’s troubling record of kidnappings Who is Fethullah Gülen? And for more on Kanter, read Vox’s 2019 profile Hosts: Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox Jen Kirby (@j_kirby1), foreign and national security reporter, Vox Consider contributing to Vox: If you value Worldly’s work, please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts More to explore: Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. About Vox: Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow us: Vox.com Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.1	When you meet an NBA player, you can't help but look up to him. I mean that
1:24.6	literally, they're tall. But in the case of Portland Trailblazer and as
1:29.4	Cantor, his stats are extends beyond the basketball court as a vocal human
1:33.2	rights advocate. Cantor's main focus is Turkey, specifically Turkish President
1:38.2	Recep Tayyip Erdogan. After a failed coup attempt in 2016, Erdogan consolidated
1:43.8	his political power, purged perceived political enemies from the public sector,
1:48.6	and jailed tens of thousands of dissidents, civil servants, and journalists. His
1:53.4	main target is Futula Galen, an influential Turkish-born cleric who has lived in
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