(Boston Globe) New Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter said he was harassed outside of a Cambridge mosque Friday afternoon because of his political opposition to Turkey’s president.
Kanter, a 6-11 Turkish basketball player signed by Boston this summer, posted a video to Twitter that showed him and teammate Tacko Fall outside the Islamic Society of Boston on Prospect Street, which is a short walk away from Inman Square. In the video, at least two men can be seen addressing Kanter. One of them holds a cellphone.
Kanter, who is expected to be Boston’s starting center this season, is a vocal critic of Turkey’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, previously referring to him as “the Hitler of our century.” Erdogan has been accused of increasingly authoritarian tendencies. In the Friday video, the Celtics player indicates the two men are his fellow countrymen who support Erdogan.
