Turkish Basketball Federation
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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 |
| CEO | Harun Erdenay |
| Country |
 Turkey |
| Continent |
 Europe |
| Official website | www.tbf.org.tr |
The Turkish Basketball Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu, TBF) is the governing body of basketball in Turkey. Formed in 1959, it is based in Istanbul. The TBF is a member of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Union of European Leagues of Basketball (ULEB). The current president of the federation is Harun Erdenay.
The TBF oversees the national men's and women's sides.
It organizes three basketball leagues for men’s basketball and two for women’s basketball. Furthermore, each year TBF organizes one championship for men’s and women’s basketball, in addition to the annual Turkish President’s Cup.
The Turkish Basketball Federation
The official activities of the Basketball Federation began in 1934 under the umbrella of the newly founded Sporting Games Federation (Spor Oyunları Federasyonu), with Prof. Süreyya Genca serving as its first president. Originally grouped with volleyball and handball, as a result of basketball’s rising popularity the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) was established as a separate institution on March 1, 1951. The late Turgut Atakol, a legend of Turkish sports who played a critical role in the founding of TBF, became the federation’s first president. For the following 33 years the presidency was an appointed position, but following the resignation of the late Osman Solakoğlu in 1992, the Minister of State for Sports organized a semi-official election based on the votes of Turkish basketball clubs. Turgay Demirel won that election and became the first elected president of TBF.
1992 marked a turning point for TBF. Reforms regarding athlete contracts, league organization, national team activities, officiating, sponsors, international relations and, eventually, autonomy for TBF transformed Turkish basketball.
On May 15, 2004 the 59th government of the Republic of Turkey took the first steps towards granting autonomy to TBF. During its first general assembly in Ankara on January 5, 2005 TBF formally established its autonomy and Turgay Demirel was elected the first president of the Autonomous Turkish Basketball Federation (Özerk Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu).
TBF Presidents
- Sporting Games Federation
- Süreyya Genca (1934–1938)
- Kerim Bükey (1938–1945)
- Vedat Abut (1945-1949)
- Faik Gökay (1949-1958)
- Turgut Atakol (1958–1959)
- Turkish Basketball Federation
- Turgut Atakol (1959–1964)
- Faik Gökay (1964–1967)
- Feridun V. Koray (1967–1968)
- Osman Solakoğlu (1968–1977)
- Uğur Erel (1978–1979)
- Gencay Şaylan (1979–1979)
- Osman Solakoğlu (1979–1992)
- Turgay Demirel (1992–2005)
- Autonomous Turkish Basketball Federation
- Turgay Demirel (2005–2015)
- Harun Erdenay (2015–Present)
Leagues
- Men’s leagues
- BSL (formerly TBL) Men's Basketball 1st League:: 16 teams
- TBL (formerly TB2L) Men's Basketball 2nd League :: 18 teams
- TB2L (formerly TB3L) Men's Basketball 3rd League (2 groups)
- Group A: 12 teams
- Group B: 12 teams
- EBBL Men's Basketball Regional League (2 groups)
- Women’s leagues
- KBSL (formerly TBBL, TKBL) Women's Basketball 1st League: 14 teams
- TKB2L (formerly BB2L) Women's Basketball 2nd League (4 groups)
- Group A, B, C and D: 9 teams in each group.
Logos
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TBF Logo 1959-2012:
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TBF Logo 2012-present
References
External links
- Turkish Basketball Federation official website (Turkish)
- Turkish Basketball League official website (Turkish)
- Turkish Basketball Federation Media site (Turkish)
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