Enes Kanter made headlines this weekend when he sent a video from his Twitter account with the caption, "I'm being held at Romanian airport by Police!!." Kanter has since returned home to the United States after what he called Monday during a conference call, "one of the craziest experiences I’ve had."

The Thunder player detailed his struggles to "CBS This Morning" Monday by saying his struggles began when he was in Indonesia.

"I was sleeping around 2:30 or something and my manager knocked on my door. He said the Secret Service and the Indonesian army were looking for me because the Turkish government told them I was a dangerous man.

"We didn't know what we had to do. We escaped the country and went to Singapore, then we came to Romania."

It was there where Kanter was detained at an airport in Bucharest. He was told his Turkish passport had been canceled and he wasn't allowed in the country. He believes his passport was canceled because of his outspoken comments toward Turkey's President Erdogan.

Kanter on calling Erdogan “Hitler of our century.” Knows it was “really strong statement” but cites those killed/murdered/raped by regime.

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From Romania, he was able to fly to London and with the help of Homeland Security, the State Department and others, he was able to fly back to the United States.

While that headache is over, Kanter's struggles still continue. He's still receiving death threats and says he hasn't spoken to his parents in a little over a year. He wants to be a voice for others who may not have the same stage he does as a professional basketball player.

"I'm getting death threats almost every day, still," Kanter told CBS. "I believe when I leave this set, when I leave this room, I'm going to keep getting death threats, but you know what? I stand by what I believe.

"There are thousands of journalists, thousands of innocent people, moms, dads, lost their homes, lost their jobs. I want to be the voice of them."

He continued those thoughts with his conference call a few hours later.

"I'm not a journalist, I'm a basketball player. But right now, my family can't even go out to eat. My brother told me my dad went to the supermarket and they spit on his face. I try to be the voice of those innocent people. I believe whatever it takes is important for those kids and our future. Because those are going to be the kids that make the changes."

Kanter fears if he contacts his parents they would be jailed by the Turkish government.

As for what's next, Kanter says he doesn't play on visiting Turkey any time soon. He would like to return at some point, but not with Erdogan in charge. He says America "is my home now" and thanked his teammates and everybody who helped or supported him through the weekend.