Thunder's Kanter: I'm getting death threats on Twitter
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter said recently - in Turkish on Twitter - that he's been receiving death threats in the wake of last week's failed coup in his native Turkey.
Son bir kaç gündür aldığım sadece bazı Ölüm Tehditleri.!
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) July 17, 2016
Allah hepinizi ıslah eylesin. pic.twitter.com/a0mnYaEQGA
A faction of the Turkish military attempted Friday to overthrow the government led by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but the insurgency was quickly stifled.
Related: Serge Ibaka tweets he's safe amid military coup in Turkey
Kanter, 24, was born in Switzerland to Turkish parents. He was reportedly left off of Turkey's 2015 EuroBasket squad because of his political affiliation with Fethullah Gulen, a detractor of Erdogan's regime who some have blamed for the coup attempt.