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| Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions League | ||
| 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 | Burak Gören | ||
| Team captain | Muhammed Baygül | ||
| 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
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- Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall (1991–2011)
- Ankara Arena (2011–present)
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Samet Geyik | Ercan Bayrak | |
| PF | Kyle Wiltjer | Ercan Bayrak | Göktuğ Baş |
| SF | Sam Dekker | Kamar Baldwin | Erdi Gülaslan |
| SG | Nick Johnson | Muhammed Baygül | Burak Gözeneli |
| PG | Tyler Ennis | Can Korkmaz | Yiğit Özkan |
(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)
Notable players
Alper Yılmaz- Barış Ermiş
- Can Akın
- Cevher Özer
- Cüneyt Erden
- Erdal Bibo
- Faruk Beşok
- Faruk Rasna
- Gökhan Üçoklar
- Hüseyin Demiral
- Kaan Memişoğlu
- Kemal Tunçeri
- Kerem Tunçeri
- Murat Evliyaoğlu
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Rasim Başak - Şemsettin Baş
- Mehmet Okur
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Eldin Omeragić- Tunç Girgin
- Ufuk Kaçar
- Umut Görür
- Yiğit Özmen
Alexander Koul
Lukša Andrić- Vladan Alanović
Jan Jagla- Heiko Schaffartzik
Simas Jasaitis- Viktor Berejnoi
Virgil Stănescu
Luka Bogdanović- Miladin Mutavdžić
- Mirko Milićević
- Miroslav Radošević
- Sani Bečirović
- Aleksandar Ćapin
- Goran Jagodnik
- Marijan Kraljević
Acie Earl- Dee Brown
- Tony Gaffney
- Derrick Alston
- Gregory Grays
- Jamal McCullough
- Josh Shipp
- Khalid El-Amin
- K'zell Wesson
- Marcellus Anderson
- Mitch Smith
- Greg Stiemsma
- Monty Mack
- Richard Coffey
- Rickie Winslow
- Steven Rogers
- Trevor Wilson
- Kennedy Winston
- Ricky Davis
- - Erwin Dudley
- - Michael Wright
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Turkish Cup | European competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | 1 | TBL | 12 | – | – | – |
| 1992–93 | 1 | TBL | 9 | - | – | – |
| 1993–94 | 1 | TBL | 3 | Semifinalist | – | – |
| 1994–95 | 1 | TBL | 5 | Quarterfinalist | – | Played Korać Cup |
| 1995–96 | 1 | TBL | 11 | - | Runner-up | Played Korać Cup |
| 1996–97 | 1 | TBL | 2 | Runner-up | – | Played European Cup |
| 1997–98 | 1 | TBL | 6 | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | Played Euroleague |
| 1998–99 | 1 | TBL | 9 | - | – | Played Saporta Cup |
| 1999–00 | 1 | TBL | 8 | Quarterfinalist | – | Korać Cup Quarterfinalist |
| 2000–01 | 1 | TBL | 4 | Semifinalist | Runner-up | Played Korać Cup |
| 2001–02 | 1 | TBL | 5 | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Played Saporta Cup |
| 2002–03 | 1 | TBL | 4 | Semifinalist | Runner-up | Played FIBA Champions' Cup |
| 2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 9 | - | Semifinalist | Played FIBA Europe League |
| 2004–05 | 1 | TBL | 7 | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Played ULEB Cup |
| 2005–06 | 1 | TBL | 5 | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | – |
| 2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 3 | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | FIBA Eurocup Quarterfinalist |
| 2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 2 | Runner-up | Champion | Played ULEB Cup |
| 2008–09 | 1 | TBL | 3 | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup Last 16 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 5 | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup Last 16 |
| 2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 10 | – | Group Stage | EuroChallenge Regular season |
| 2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 9 | – | Group Stage | EuroChallenge Regular season |
| 2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 13 | – | Group Stage | – |
| 2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 11 | – | Quarterfinalist | – |
| 2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 7 | Quarterfinalist | Group stage | – |
| 2015–16 | 1 | TBL | 15 | - | - | – |
| 2016–17 | 2 | TBL | 8 | Quarterfinalist | - | – |
| 2017–18 | 2 | TBL | 1 | - | - | – |
| 2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 7 | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | EuroCup Regular Season |
References
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- ^ "ECA Board reviews commercial strategy, approves 2018-19 competitions team list". Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
External links
- Official Website (in Turkish)
- TBLStat.net Profile (in English)
- Eurobasket.com Page
- Türk Telekom Campaigns (in Turkish)