A Turkish court has accepted an indictment charging the father of NBA player Enes Kanter with ”membership in a terror group
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The indictment followed an investigation of Mehmet Kanter, and prosecutors planned to seek his conviction and a prison term of five to 10 years at trial,
Anadolu Agency said.
It’s unclear when the trial in western Tekirdag province would begin.
Enes Kanter, who plays for the New York Knicks
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Fethullah Gulen has denied the allegation, but tens of thousands of
people
suspected of ties to his network have been arrested or fired.
The elder Kanter, a professor, was purged from public service after the coup attempt and detained for five days last summer.
Anadolu said the indictment alleges he contacted some 120 suspects with alleged links to Gulen
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Enes Kanter, a former Oklahoma City Thunder center, has been a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His Turkish passport was canceled
last year.
Prosecutors charged him in December with insulting the president in a series of tweets. They want to try him in absentia and have him sentenced to more than
four years in prison, if he is convicted.
”Keep my family
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account is withheld in Turkey.
Under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of the coup, Turkey has arrested more than 50,000 and sacked some 110
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alleged acts of terror.
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