Turkey women's national basketball team

Turkey Türkiye
FIBA ranking	13
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Turkish Basketball Federation
Coach	Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri (Fairies of Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Women's World Cup
Appearances	1
EuroBasket
Appearances	5
Medals	2011 2013
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Turkish women's national basketball team, is the basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for women.

Current roster

Roster for the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

Turkey women's national basketball team - 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club 3.5 !F 4 Palazoğlu, Tuğba 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1980-12-04)4 December 1980 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Fenerbahçe TUR ! 3.5 !F 5 Canıtez, Tuğçe 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1990-11-10)10 November 1990 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Fenerbahçe TUR ! 3.5 !F 6 Köksal, Cansu 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Fenerbahçe TUR ! 1.5 !G 7 Vardarlı, Birsel 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1984-07-12)12 July 1984 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe TUR ! 3.5 !F 8 Begüm Dalgalar, Yasemin 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-06-08)8 June 1988 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Beşiktaş TUR ! 1.5 !G 9 Tunçluer, Esmeral 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe TUR ! 1.5 !G 10 Alben, Işıl 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1986-02-22)22 February 1986 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Dynamo Kursk RUS ! 5.0 !C 11 Yılmaz, Nevriye 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1980-06-16)16 June 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Galatasaray TUR ! 3.5 !F 12 Pringle, LaToya 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1986-09-11)11 September 1986 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Kayseri Kaski TUR ! 5.0 !C 13 Şenyürek, Tilbe 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Botaş SK TUR ! 3.5 !F 14 İvegin, Şaziye 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) İstanbul Üniv TUR ! 3.5 !F 15 Çağlar, Bahar 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-09-28)28 September 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray TUR !	Head coach Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu Assistant coaches Ömer Buharalı Erman Okerman Erkan Metin Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 27 September 2014

Competitive record

FIBA World Championship Year Position Pld W L 1953 to 2010 Did not qualify 2014 4th 6 4 2 Total 6 4 2 Olympic Games Year Position Pld W L 1936 to 2008 Did not qualify 2012 5th 6 4 2 Total 6 4 2 Mediterranean Games Year Position Pld W L 1951 to 83 Did not qualify 1987 02 ! – – – 1991 Did not qualify 1993 Did not qualify 1997 02 ! – – – 2001 Did not qualify 2005 01 ! 4 4 0 2009 5th 5 3 2 2013 Cancelled Total 9 7 2

EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L 1938 to 2003 Did not qualify 2005 8th 8 2 6 2007 9th 6 2 4 2009 9th 6 3 3 2011 02 ! 9 5 4 2013 03 ! 9 7 2 Total 38 19 19

Past Rosters

Turkey (red kit) vs. Czech Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Turkey (white kit) vs. Serbia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

2005 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Birsel Vardarlı, Müjde Yüksel, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Aylin Yıldızoğlu, Nevriye Yılmaz, Serap Yücesir, Yasemin Horasan, Arzu Bildirir, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Gülşah Akkaya, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Didem Sarıca, Yasemin Horasan, Bahar Çağlar, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Yasemen Saylar, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Dürdane Gülşah Gümüşay, Sariye Gökçe, Melek Bilge, Naile İvegin, Yasemin Horasan, Nevin Nevlin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Nilay Yiğit, Birsel Vardarlı, Işıl Alben, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Seda Erdoğan, Gülşah Akkaya, Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Bahar Çağlar, Yasemin Horasan, Naile Ivegin, Nevriye Yılmaz, Nevin Nevlin, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Tuğba Palazoğlu, Tuğçe Canıtez, Ayşegül Günay, Birsel Vardarlı, Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Naile Çırak, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Şaziye İvegin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

See also

• Turkish women in sports

References

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile

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