| Türk Telekom | ||||
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| Leagues | Turkish Basketball League Eurochallenge |
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| Founded | 1991 | |||
| Arena | Ankara Arena (capacity: 10,400) |
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| Location | Ankara, Turkey | |||
| Team colors | Turquoise blue and White |
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| President | Gökhan Bozkurt | |||
| Head coach | Timuçin Meriç | |||
| Championships | 1 Turkish Cup 1 President's Cup |
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| 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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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.
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Runners-up (2): 1997, 2008
Winner (1): 2008
Runners-up (1): 1997
Winner (2): 1997, 2008
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Turkish Cup | European competitions |
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| 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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