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Birth Name: Enes Kanter
Place of Birth: Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Birth: 20 May, 1992
Ethnicity: Turkish
Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish-American professional basketball player, professional wrestler, and human rights activist. A center, he played for Fenerbahçe, the Utah Jazz, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the New York Knicks, the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He represented the Turkish national team in international play. He was a WWE 24/7 Champion. He is 6′10″.
Enes was born in Zürich, to Turkish parents, Gulsum, a nurse, and Mehmet Kanter, a professor of histology and genetics. His brother is Turkish professional basketball player Kerem Kanter. His father was receiving his M.D. from the University of Zürich when Enes was born there. Enes was raised in Ankara, and Istanbul, Turkey, and attended schools affiliated with the Gülen movement. At seventeen, Enes moved to the U.S. to play basketball. He became a U.S. citizen in 2021, then changing his name to Enes Kanter Freedom.
Enes is a Muslim.