A day after Turkish prosecutors issued an international warrant for his arrest, NBA star Enes Kanter skipped a game in London this week — citing fears he could be killed by the Turkish government. "The reason I didn't want to go is because I was scared for my life of President Erdogan's operations in Europe," he told CBC News. "I cannot go back to Turkey, so every time I go visit Mr. Gulen it's like I'm going home," he said. Their relationship is so close that Kanter watched the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey from a couch in Gulen's home. Turkoglu is now chief adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Source: CBC News January 19, 2019 17:00 UTC