Celtics center Enes Kanter's father, Mehmet Kanter, has been acquitted of charges in Turkey that he was a member of a terrorist organization, according to Reuters.
In 2018, a Turkish court indicted the elder Kanter, charging him with "membership in a terror group." Enes Kanter has said he believes his own criticism of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's human rights record led the regime to target his father.
Enes Kanter was indicted in Turkey in 2018 on charges of belonging to an armed terrorist group, an allegation he denies. The NBA center is a follower of a U.