# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/enes-kanter-freedom
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:11:06.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/enes-kanter-freedom"
name: "Enes Kanter Freedom"
slug: "enes-kanter-freedom"
description: "Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish and American former professional basketball player and human rights activist who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Kurdish parents, he was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. Freedom was selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, and primarily played the center position. He is known for his \"freedom shoes\" and outspoken criticism of human rights abuses in China, particularly the treatment of Uyghurs and the use of forced labor. He has become a prominent voice for the oppressed in various countries, including Turkey, China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and throughout the Middle East. He also appeared briefly in WWE and is a former WWE 24/7 Champion."
tagline: "Turkish-American basketball player (born 1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enes_Kanter_(51687645921)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1992-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.154846957960443
  historical:           23.52609066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 215
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/EnesFreedom"
    handle:    "EnesFreedom"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "에네스 칸터 프리덤"
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    title: "Eness Kanters Frīdoms"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Enes Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Enes Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump