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Justine Kish’s third UFC bout will be one she’ll be keen to forget about as quickly as possible. In her attempt to scramble to a better position, Kish, 6-1, accidentally defecated on the Octagon floor, to the shock of fans across the world.

Normally, the Oklahoma City Thunder would be trying to find a replacement for Kevin Durant, or figure out how to get past the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs or Houston Rockets. They probably didn’t expect they’d have to struggle to keep their center Enes Kanter from being jailed and possibly executed in Turkey by an increasingly authoritarian leader.

A court in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ released the father of NBA player Enes Kanter on June 7, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The court ordered the release of Mehmet Kanter under "judicial control."

The current, authoritarian government in Turkey is not big on dissent (they have beaten protestors of the Turkish regime at a march in this country). Or human rights.

So what’s real trouble for them is opposition and dissent from a famous, well-known person.

Oklahoma City center Enes Kanter has reported receiving death threats over his support for Fethullah Gülen, who is widely believed to have masterminded last year's coup attempt in Turkey, noting that he may seek an expedited process to becoming a U.S. citizen.

Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-born Turkish businessman who was arrested in Miami a month ago over attempting to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran, will appear in a New York court on April 27 following a four-leg transference journey from Miami. 

Zarrab will appear in Manhattan Federal Court at 10 a.m. before J. Richard Berman.

U.S. President Barack Obama chose the centrist judge Merrick Garland for a pivotal vacancy on the Supreme Court March 16, warning Republican foes their "unprecedented" refusal to consider his nominee threatens the integrity of U.S. institutions.

Obama tapped the 63-year-old judge to replace conservative stalwart Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly on March 13.

A car driven at high speed by a woman suspected of being under the influence of alcohol plowed into crowds watching a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University on Oct. 24, killing at least three people and injuring more than 30 others.

Turkish club Fenerbahçe defeated the NBA?s Brooklyn Nets 101-96 on the night of Oct. 5, starting its two-game U.S. tour on a high note.

Jan Vesely scored 18 points and six rebounds while Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 17 points and three assists to lift the Turkish powerhouse to its second victory over an NBA team after toppling the Boston Celtics in 2012.

Turkish center Enes Kanter, who signed to stay with the Oklahoma City Thunder next season, heated up the debate on his exclusion from the national team, implying in a tweet his exclusion?s links to his political views against President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.