Türk Telekom B.K.

Türk Telekom
Leagues Turkish Basketball League
Founded 1991
History Türk Telekom
(1991-present)
Arena Ankara Arena
(capacity: 10,400)
Location Ankara, Turkey
Team colors Blue and White          
President Tahsin Yılmaz
Head coach Ercüment Sunter
Championships 1 Turkish Cup
2 Turkish President's Cups
Website Türk Telekom
Uniforms
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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 League. It is a branch of the Türk Telekom GSK sports club. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena, which has a capacity of 10,400 seats, and which was opened in April 2010.

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 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 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

Türk Telekom roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G/F 5 Turkey Büker, Evren 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – 6 July 1985
PG 6 Turkey Ermiş, Barış 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 30 – 3 January 1985
SF 7 Turkey Akpınar, Mutlu 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 32 – 1 February 1983
PF 8 Turkey Göktaş, Murat 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – 22 January 1987
SG 10 Turkey Öngüner, Pertev 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 24 – 15 January 1991
PF 11 Turkey Sonkol, Ümit 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 32 – 24 July 1982
C 13 United States Johnson, Chris 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – 17 July 1985
PG 18 Latvia Valters, Kristaps 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 33 – 18 September 1981
G 20 United States Roll, Michael 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – 12 April 1987
SF 23 United States Carter, Josh 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – 20 November 1986
PF 34 United States McCauley, Ben 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 28 – 6 September 1986
C 50 Serbia Raković, Milovan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 30 – 19 February 1985
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: January 27, 2015

Notable players

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 – Group stage –

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