The Turkish government issued an arrest warrant for me, filed an Interpol red notice demanding that other countries detain me, threatened my family and arrested my father. I dont communicate with relatives in Turkey because I fear that a single message could be used as evidence of terrorist activity, Kanter wrote in the Washington Post in November. That was on the eve of a visit to Washington by Erdogan to meet with Donald Trump. In October, Trump abandoned our loyal, ferocious allies the Syrian Kurds, leaving them to the mercy of Erdogan and other malicious forces in the regions. Kanter refuses to be silence in the face of injustice, providing a striking contrast to many Republican leaders who could once be relied on to support freedom and the dignity of humankind where it is under attack.

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