Enes Kanter Freedom to receive Hardwired for Freedom Award for human rights advocacy

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Enes Kanter Freedom is set to receive the second annual Hardwired for Freedom Award, recognizing the NBA player's off-the-court advocacy for human rights around the world.

"It is a tremendous honor to receive this award, especially given the standing of Hardwired Global in the Human Rights community," Freedom told Fox News Digital.

Freedom's award comes after years of advocacy for human rights, a personal mission that has often left him at odds with the NBA and star players in the league. Freedom grew up in Turkey after being born to Turkish parents in Switzerland, moving to the U.S. when he was a teenager. He was drafted 3rd overall in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, but soon his career would become defined more by what he did off the court than on it.

Freedom, who was born Enes Kanter but changed his last name to Enes Kanter Freedom when he gained U.S. citizenship last year, began speaking out against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2013. In 2016, he took to Twitter to call Erdoğan, who has long faced accusations of human rights violations from international observers, the "Hitler of our century." His support for a failed coup attempt that same year resulted in him being disowned by his family, who encouraged him to change his surname.

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Boston Celtics' Enes Kanter smiles before an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors, on Oct. 22, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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