--- title: Enes Kanter Freedom | TIME description: Freedom is a NBA player and human rights activist canonical: https://time.com/author/enes-kanter-2/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/enes-kanter-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Enes Kanter Freedom ## Enes Kanter Freedom Freedom is a NBA player and human rights activist ## Enes Kanter Freedom *  May 26, 2023 ### [We Can't Allow Turkey's Elections to Smooth Over Erdoğan’s Wrongdoings](https://time.com/6282974/turkey-elections-erdogan-wrongdoings-column/) "Elections, regardless of their results, do not change what Turkey has experienced under Erdoğan’s l... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 4, 2023 ### [The West Must Stop Playing Erdogan's Dangerous Game](https://time.com/6244269/west-stop-playing-recep-erdogan-game/) Since the Russian invasion Turkey's president Erdogan has played a dangerous game between NATO and R... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 27, 2022 ### [Don't Let Turkish President Erdogan Bully NATO Like He Bullies Everyone Else](https://time.com/6181950/enes-freedom-turkey-nato-finland-sweden/) Enes Kanter Freedom on the real-life consequences of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's posturing [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 22, 2021 ### [Why I Stand Up for Freedom in America—And Around the World](https://time.com/6130860/enes-kanter-freedom-athletes-china/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 20, 2020 ### [Enes Kanter: The Athletes of the WNBA Are Fighting for Equality. We in the NBA Need to Fight Beside Them](https://time.com/5784066/enes-kanter-wnba-pay-equality/) Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter on respecting the women of the WNBA and other leagues [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 11, 2018 ### [NBA Star: Why Turkey’s President Erdogan Banned Me From Going Home](https://time.com/5389792/enes-kanter-erdogan-gulen/) The father of the New York Knicks player is facing trial for "membership of a terror group" [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/enes-kanter-2/","name":"Enes Kanter Freedom"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/enes-kanter-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/enes-kanter-2/"},"name":"Enes Kanter Freedom","jobTitle":null,"description":"Freedom is a NBA player and human rights activist","url":"https://time.com/author/enes-kanter-2/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```