Türk Telekom B.K.

Türk Telekom
Leagues Turkish Basketball League
Eurochallenge
Founded 1991
Arena Ankara Arena
(capacity: 10,400)
Location Ankara, Turkey
Team colors Turquoise blue and White
         
President Gökhan Bozkurt
Head coach Timuçin Meriç
Championships 1 Turkish Cup
1 President's Cup
Website Türk Telekom
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Türk Telekom Basketbol Kulübü (English: Turk Telekom Basketball Club) is a professional basketball club of based in Ankara, Turkey. It is branch of the Türk Telekom GSK. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena with a capacity of 10,400 seats which was opened in April 2010. The club competes in the Turkish Basketball League and Eurochallenge.

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History

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 President Cup title after beating Fenerbahçe Ülker that season.

Türk Telekom also has a reserve team as name of Genç Telekom. They compete in the Turkish Second Basketball 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.

Home arenas

Current roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Age Height Weight
PG 5 Güler, Muratcan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) &1000000000000003200000032
PF 6 Yücel, Nedim 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) &1000000000000003200000032
PF 7 Wright, Michael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) &1000000000000003200000032
C/G 8 Washington, Darius 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) &1000000000000002600000026
SF 9 Yarangüme, Bekir 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) &1000000000000003500000035
SF 10 Gökalp, Barış 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) &1000000000000002100000021
F/C 11 Karabıyık, Gökhan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) &1000000000000002300000023
PG 13 Ćapin, Aleksandar 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) &1000000000000002900000029
PG 22 Öğüt, Uğur Can 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) &1000000000000002000000020
SG 24 Altay, Ceyhun 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) &1000000000000002500000025
SF 33 Jasaitis, Simas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 84 kg (185 lb) &1000000000000002900000029
C 34 Kambala, Kaspars 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 125 kg (276 lb) &1000000000000003300000033
Head coach
  • Timuçin Meriç
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Notable players

Achievements

Runners-up (2): 1997, 2008
Winner (1): 2008
Runners-up (1): 1997
Winner (2): 1997, 2008

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Turkish Cup European competitions
1991–92 1 TBL 12
1992–93 1 TBL 9 Round of 16
1993–94 1 TBL 3 Semifinalist
1994–95 1 TBL 5 Quarterfinalist Played Korać Cup
1995–96 1 TBL 11 Round of 16 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 Round of 16 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 Round of 16 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 Played Eurocup
2009–10 1 TBL 5 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist Played Eurocup
2010–11 1 TBL 10 Group Stage Played EuroChallenge
2011–12 1 TBL Group Stage Played EuroChallenge

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