On Monday, Enes Kanter, who’s training in Chicago, woke up to discover there was an arrest warrant out for his father, who traveled outside of Istanbul a few days ago to visit family members. Kanter’s father will be arrested or he will turn himself in to the Turkish authorities, but representatives for Kanter did not know if Mehmet had been detained yet as of Monday morning.
“No matter what happens, I will continue to keep fighting for human rights and freedom of speech, justice and democracy above all,” Enes Kanter said in a statement Monday. “I will stand for what I believe in.