The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars.
*Note: There will be no webinar this Monday, December 26.
Israel Insider
with Ashley Perry
At last, Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a government. What are its priorities? Is it as extreme as some suggest?
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
3:00 - 3:30p.m. ET
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The Price I Paid for Criticizing Erdoğan
with Enes Kanter Freedom
Raised in Turkey, star basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom, recently of the Boston Celtics, began to call out human rights violations by Turkey's President Recep Tayep Erdoğan in 2013. Not long after, Freedom's Turkish passport was canceled, his name placed on an Interpol list, and his father imprisoned in Turkey. In 2017, Freedom was the subject of two kidnap attempts by the Turkish government, in Indonesia and Romania. Freedom will recount his life story, his efforts as a prominent public figure to counter oppressive dictatorships, and the price he has paid for taking this stand.
Friday, December 30, 2022
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET
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Enes Kanter Freedom played for five National Basketball Association teams and is currently an NBA free agent. The NBA effectively blackballed him after he spoke out for the rights of minorities facing Chinese oppression. His standing up for the Gülen movement led to two Turkish government attempts to abduct him. On becoming an American citizen, Enes Kanter symbolically changed his last name to "Freedom." He attended the University of Kentucky.
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