NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 13: Bojan Bogdanovic #44 of the Brooklyn Nets races up court in front of Bruno Caboclo #20 of the Toronto Raptors during their game at the Barclays Center on April 13, 2016 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Brooklyn Nets swingman Bojan Bogdanovic was in Turkey for a relaxation period before getting ready to play in the Rio Olympics in a couple of weeks.

Bojan posted a beautiful photo on his Instagram account, showing what appears to be a very relaxing place to be:

La Ga No…Par dana odmora prije nastavka misije Rio #sretnanovagodina #elbabo #bzb #rioparty #cacemicopcabana

A video posted by Bojan Bogdanovic (@44bojan) on Jul 13, 2016 at 3:29am PDT

The caption translated to:

“A few days of rest before continuing the mission to Rio.”

Unfortunately for Bogdanovic, this turned out to not be quite as relaxing as he would have liked. Bogdanovic was staying at the Turkish coastal resort area of the Bodrum Peninsula, which is where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was also. Then, the coup happened.

SB Nation’s Brooklyn Nets site, NetsDaily gave a translated account from sportfm.gr of what happened for him to escape.

Turkish air force planes flew low overhead and Erdogan claims dropped bombs on the hotel where plotters believed he was staying.

Time to leave. Eurohoops and sportfm.gr report Bogdanovic got out via boat, crossing the Aegan to the Greek Island of Rhodes with the help of his agent and Greek team officials on the Rhodes end.

The “escape” was arranged via his agent in collaboration with the team manager of the Greek team Colossus, George Gkotzogiannis and a member of the club board. The trip between Bodrum Peninsula and Rhodes takes an hour. The 27-year-old Croatian arrived safe, spend a few hours in Rhodes and then left for Zagreb, the Croatian capital. He heads to South America this week for the Olympics.

While his vacation didn’t go as planned, it’s great to see Bogdanovic and his girlfriend come out unharmed. Hopefully their next trip isn’t quite as hectic.

[NetsDaily/sport-fm.gr]

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