Thunder center Enes Kanter, who is known for his staunch support of the Gülen Movement against the Turkish government and its leader, Fethullah Gülen, has been disowned by his family.
Kanter, who is from Turkey, posted a letter titled “public announcement” on his Twitter account Monday in which he said his relatives don't want to see him again.
“Today I lost my mother, father, brothers and sisters, my family and all my relatives,” Kanter wrote in the letter, interpreted by eurohoops.net. “My own father asked me to change my surname. My mother, who has given me life disowned me.