This isn't breaking news or anything, but it is a quite interesting read.
Tamer Turkman from StudyInAmerica.com is familiar with the Turkish education system, and he has even had the opportunity to interview Enes Kanter. Take a look at this passage from a recent blog post:
When Enes was 10 years old, his family registered him for entrance to The Samanyolu School in Ankara, Turkey( www.samanyolu.k12.tr ). Since I have been working with Turkish education since 1993, people tell me I am an expert with Turkish Education so let me fill you in. This school is one of Turkey’s most competitive and accepts less than 1% of its applicants. For 4 of the past 5 years, the student with the highest score on the Turkish National Entrance Examination graduated from Samanyolu. When Enes was 9 years old, he like most other of this school’s applicants spent day and night cramming for its entrance examination. He passed and was admitted to this prestigious institution. I should also say the tuition for this school is 20,000+ USD that Dr. Kanter I am sure was proud to pay. If Enes wanted he could have had a more relaxed 9th year in life and Dr. Kanter didn’t have pay a cent if Enes was to study at a normal state school. Also, at the age of 10, Enes never even picked up a basketball in life. It was only when his Physical Education Teacher saw how tall Enes was getting, he said you should try basketball . Enes shot his first hoop at the age of 13.I don't know how reliable this site is, but it is the exact opposite of what Fenerbahce's GM said in the most recent Pete Thamel article.
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If he really wants to be a student 1) He'll stay in college more than 1 year even if he isn't cleared to play basketball. If that doesn't happen than aren't his intentions as a student unimportant?
Yes. But this also knocks the credibility of that Turkish GM, doesn't it?
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