Türk Telekom | |||
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Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi EuroCup | ||
Founded | 1991 | ||
History | PTT (1991–1996) Türk Telekom PTT (1996–1998) Türk Telekom (1998–present) | ||
Arena | Ankara Arena | ||
Capacity | 10,400 | ||
Location | Ankara, Turkey | ||
Team colors | Sky Blue, Dark Blue and White | ||
President | Tahsin Yılmaz | ||
Head coach | Erdem Can | ||
Team captain | Mehmet Yağmur | ||
Championships | 1 Turkish Cup 2 Turkish President's Cups | ||
Website | Türk Telekom | ||
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Türk Telekom Basketbol Kulübü (English: Turk Telekom Basketball Club) is a professional basketball team that is based in Ankara, Turkey. The team is currently playing in the Turkish Basketball Super League. It is a branch of the Türk Telekom GSK sports club. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena. The arena, which has a capacity of 10,400 seats, opened in April 2010.
History
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The club was founded in 1954 and opened its basketball section as name of PTT in 1991. Thereafter, the team received name of Türk Telekom PTT in 1996. Recently, the team is continuing with the name of Türk Telekom.
Türk Telekom has won the Turkish Cup title after beating Oyak Renault in 2008. Also, the team won the Turkish President's Cup title after beating Fenerbahçe Ülker that year.
Türk Telekom also has a reserve team as name of Genç Telekom. They compete in the Turkish Basketball Second League.
In September 2011, first Turkish NBA All-Star player Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz announced he would play for Türk Telekom, due to the 2011 NBA lockout.
In 2016, Türk Telekom relegated from the BSL after finishing 15th in the regular season. In 2018, the team returned as it promoted from the Turkish First League.[1] In its first season back, the club would also play in the EuroCup, as the club returns to Europe after 6 years.[2]
Home arenas
[edit]- Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall (1991–2011)
- Ankara Arena (2011–present)
Players
[edit]Current roster
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Updated: August 14, 2024 |
Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Kyle Alexander | Mahir Agva | |
PF | Yoan Makoundou | Berkan Durmaz | |
SF | Vassilis Charalampopoulos | Anthony Brown | Kaan Berk Tarla |
SG | Javon Bess | Olivier Hanlan | |
PG | Max Heidegger | İsmet Akpınar | Melih Tunca |
Notable players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Alper Yılmaz
Barış Ermiş
Berk Demir
Can Akın
Cevher Özer
Cüneyt Erden
Erdal Bibo
Erkan Yılmaz
Kerem Tunçeri
Mehmet Okur
Mehmet Yağmur
Murat Evliyaoğlu
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Rasim Başak
Rıdvan Öncel
Semih Erden
Şemsettin Baş
Tyler Ennis
Kyle Wiltjer
Lukša Andrić
Vladan Alanović
Axel Bouteille
Jan Jagla
Heiko Schaffartzik
Jarrod Jones
Simas Jasaitis
Micheal Eric
Sani Bečirović
Aleksandar Ćapin
Goran Jagodnik
Marijan Kraljević
Luka Bogdanović
Mirko Milićević
Miroslav Radošević
Derrick Alston
Dee Brown
Richard Coffey
Ricky Davis
Sam Dekker
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Erwin Dudley
Acie Earl
Khalid El-Amin
Tony Gaffney
Jerian Grant
Nick Johnson
Tyrique Jones
Johnny O'Bryant
Steven Rogers
Josh Shipp
Mitch Smith
Greg Stiemsma
Jared Terrell
Tyrone Wallace
K'zell Wesson
Trevor Wilson
Rickie Winslow
Kennedy Winston
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Michael Wright
Honours
[edit]- Turkish Basketball Cup
- Winners (1): 2007-08
- Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup
- Winners (2): 1997, 2008
- EuroCup
- Runners-up (1): 2022–23
Season by season
[edit]Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Turkish Cup | European Competitions | |
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1991–92 | 1 | TBL | 12th | – | – | – | |
1992–93 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | – | – | |
1993–94 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | – | – | |
1994–95 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | – | Korać Cup | |
1995–96 | 1 | TBL | 11th | – | Runner-up | Korać Cup | |
1996–97 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | Runner-up | – | European Cup | |
1997–98 | 1 | TBL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | Euroleague | |
1998–99 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | – | Saporta Cup | |
1999–00 | 1 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | – | Korać Cup | QF |
2000–01 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Semifinalist | Runner-up | Korać Cup | |
2001–02 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Saporta Cup | |
2002–03 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Semifinalist | Runner-up | FIBA Champions' Cup | |
2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 9th | - | Semifinalist | FIBA Europe League | |
2004–05 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ULEB Cup | |
2005–06 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | – | |
2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | FIBA Eurocup | QF |
2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Runner-up | Champion | Played ULEB Cup | |
2008–09 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | L16 |
2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | L16 |
2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 10th | – | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | RS |
2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | RS |
2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 13th | – | Group Stage | – | |
2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 11th | – | Quarterfinalist | – | |
2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Group stage | – | |
2015–16 | 1 | TBL | 15th | – | – | – | |
2016–17 | 2 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | – | – | |
2017–18 | 2 | TBL | 1st | – | – | – | |
2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | EuroCup | RS |
2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 10th1 | –1 | Semifinalist | Champions League | QF |
2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | – | Champions League | PO |
2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 11th | – | – | EuroCup | 8F |
2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 1st | Semifinalist | – | EuroCup | RU |
2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | – | EuroCup | 8F |
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
References
[edit]- ^ "Türkiye Basketbol 1. Ligi'nde şampiyon Türk Telekom". aa.com.tr (in Turkish). April 1, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ "ECA Board reviews commercial strategy, approves 2018-19 competitions team list". Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official Website (in Turkish)
- TBLStat.net Profile (in English)
- Eurobasket.com Page