Cenk Akyol

Cenk Akyol
Position	Small Forward/Shooting guard
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Team	Galatasaray Café Crown
Born	April 16, 1987 (1987-04-16) (age 21) Kadıköy, İstanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkey
Draft	2^nd round, 59^th overall, 2005 Atlanta Hawks
Pro career	2003–present
Former teams	Efes Pilsen (2003-), Galatasaray Cafe Crown (2007-08) loan

Cenk Akyol (born April 16, 1987 in Kadıköy, İstanbul) is a Turkish professional basketball player. He was drafted 59th overall in the second round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He spent whole of his brief career with Efes Pilsen until being loaned to Galatasaray Café Crown for the rest of 2007-08 season on December 6, 2007. He is currently a member of Turkish national basketball team.

Cenk has been called "the Turkish snowball" by fans due to his skin tone and the fact that he is Turkish.

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v • d • e 2005 NBA Draft

First Round Andrew Bogut • Marvin Williams • Deron Williams • Chris Paul • Raymond Felton • Martell Webster • Charlie Villanueva • Channing Frye • Ike Diogu • Andrew Bynum • Fran Vázquez • Yaroslav Korolev • Sean May • Rashad McCants • Antoine Wright • Joey Graham • Danny Granger • Gerald Green • Hakim Warrick • Julius Hodge • Nate Robinson • Jarrett Jack • Francisco García • Luther Head • Johan Petro • Jason Maxiell • Linas Kleiza • Ian Mahinmi • Wayne Simien • David Lee

Second Round Salim Stoudamire • Daniel Ewing • Brandon Bass • C.J. Miles • Ricky Sanchez • Ersan İlyasova • Ronny Turiaf • Travis Diener • Von Wafer • Monta Ellis • Roko Ukić • Chris Taft • Mile Ilić • Martynas Andriuškevičius • Louis Williams • Erazem Lorbek • Bracey Wright • Mickaël Gelabale • Andray Blatche • Ryan Gomes • Robert Whaley • Axel Hervelle • Orien Greene • Dijon Thompson • Lawrence Roberts • Amir Johnson • Marcin Gortat • Uroš Slokar • Cenk Akyol • Alex Acker

Draft Templates 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08

v • d • e Turkey squad - 2006 FIBA World Championship - 6th place

4 Akyol \| 5 Kurtoğlu \| 6 Atsür \| 7 Arslan \| 8 İlyasova \| 9 Erdoğan \| 10 Kutluay \| 11 Solak \| 12 Gönlüm \| 13 Erden \| 14 Peker \| 15 Demirel \| Coach: Tanjević