cjn
Well-Known Member
I've been thinking about this a lot for some reason and while I really wish he wouldn't have gone and given him the shirt, I understand why Gundogan did what he did. Erdogan is a thug, and has absolutely been known to punish dissenters, political or otherwise, in Turkey very harshly. I'm sure Gundo has extended family in the country still and it's probably very difficult to turn down the president when you could just go, smile for ten minutes, and move on instead.
For some more on it I encourage you guys to read a little bit about the Turkish basketball player, Enes Kanter. He plays here in New York and has been an outspoken critic of the Erdogan regime. As result Kanter's father was arrested, he can never go back to his homeland or else he will be arrested, and his family in Turkey has had to publicly disown him.
http://www.eneskanter11.com/2017/06/02/statement-on-my-fathers-politically-motivated-arrest/
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...to-his-turkish-family-publicly-disowning-him/
For some more on it I encourage you guys to read a little bit about the Turkish basketball player, Enes Kanter. He plays here in New York and has been an outspoken critic of the Erdogan regime. As result Kanter's father was arrested, he can never go back to his homeland or else he will be arrested, and his family in Turkey has had to publicly disown him.
http://www.eneskanter11.com/2017/06/02/statement-on-my-fathers-politically-motivated-arrest/
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...to-his-turkish-family-publicly-disowning-him/