Türk Telekom B.K.
Turkish basketball team
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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 Super League. It is a branch of the Türk Telekom GSK sports club. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena. The arena, which has a capacity of 10,400 seats, opened in April 2010.[1]
EuroCup
(1991–1996)
Türk Telekom PTT
(1996–1998)
Türk Telekom
(1998–present)
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| Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi EuroCup | ||
| Founded | 1991 | ||
| History | PTT (1991–1996) Türk Telekom PTT (1996–1998) Türk Telekom (1998–present) | ||
| Arena | Ankara Arena | ||
| Capacity | 10,400 | ||
| Location | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Team colors | Sky Blue, dark Blue, white | ||
| President | Tahsin Yılmaz | ||
| Head coach | Erdem Can | ||
| Team captain | Doğuş Özdemiroğlu | ||
| Championships | 1 Turkish Cup 2 Turkish Supercups | ||
| Website | turktelekombasketbol.com.tr | ||
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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.[1]
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.[2]
Türk Telekom also has a reserve team as name of Genç Telekom. They compete in the Turkish Basketball Second 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.
In 2016, Türk Telekom relegated from the BSL after finishing 15th in the regular season. In 2018, the team returned as it promoted from the Turkish First League.[3] In its first season back, the club would also play in the EuroCup, as the club returns to Europe after 6 years.[4]
The club played in the finals of the 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball season and achieved the runners-up position.[1]
Home arenas
- Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall (1991–2011)
- Ankara Arena (2011–present)
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Ismaël Bako | Kris Bankston | Emircan Koşut |
| PF | Tim Schneider | Anıl Alyanak | |
| SF | Shaquielle McKissic | Anthony Lamb | Göktuğ Baş |
| SG | Jerrick Harding | Uroš Trifunović | Mete Tekçevik |
| PG | Tony Taylor | Doğuş Özdemiroğlu | Ata Kahraman |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Alper Yılmaz- Barış Ermiş
- Berk Demir
- Can Akın
- Cevher Özer
- Cüneyt Erden
- Erdal Bibo
- Erkan Yılmaz
- Kerem Tunçeri
- Mehmet Okur
- Mehmet Yağmur
- Murat Evliyaoğlu
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Rasim Başak - Rıdvan Öncel
- Semih Erden
- Şemsettin Baş
Ermal Kuqo
Tyler Ennis- Kyle Wiltjer
Lukša Andrić- Vladan Alanović
Axel Bouteille
Jan Jagla- Heiko Schaffartzik
Jarrod Jones
Simas Jasaitis
Micheal Eric
Sani Bečirović- Aleksandar Ćapin
- Goran Jagodnik
- Marijan Kraljević
Luka Bogdanović- Mirko Milićević
- Miroslav Radošević
Derrick Alston- Dee Brown
- Richard Coffey
- Ricky Davis
- Sam Dekker
- - Erwin Dudley
- Acie Earl
- Khalid El-Amin
- Tony Gaffney
- Jerian Grant
- Nick Johnson
- Tyrique Jones
- Johnny O'Bryant
- Steven Rogers
- Josh Shipp
- Mitch Smith
- Greg Stiemsma
- Jared Terrell
- Tyrone Wallace
- K'zell Wesson
- Trevor Wilson
- Rickie Winslow
- Kennedy Winston
- - Michael Wright
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2007–08
- Winners (1): 2007–08
- Runners-up (4): 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Winners (2): 1997, 2008
- Runners-up (1): 1996
European competitions
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Turkish Cup | European Competitions | |
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| 1991–92 | 1 | TBL | 12th | ||||
| 1992–93 | 1 | TBL | 9th | ||||
| 1993–94 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | |||
| 1994–95 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Korać Cup | ||
| 1995–96 | 1 | TBL | 11th | Runner-up | Korać Cup | ||
| 1996–97 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | Runner-up | European Cup | ||
| 1997–98 | 1 | TBL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | Euroleague | |
| 1998–99 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Saporta Cup | |||
| 1999–00 | 1 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | Korać Cup | QF | |
| 2000–01 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Semifinalist | Runner-up | Korać Cup | |
| 2001–02 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Saporta Cup | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Semifinalist | Runner-up | FIBA Champions' Cup | |
| 2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Semifinalist | FIBA Europe League | ||
| 2004–05 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ULEB Cup | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | FIBA Eurocup | QF |
| 2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Runner-up | Champion | ULEB Cup | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | L16 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | L16 |
| 2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 10th | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | RS | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | RS | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 13th | Group Stage | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 11th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Group stage | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | TBL | 15th | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2017–18 | 2 | TBL | 1st | ||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | EuroCup | RS |
| 2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 10th1 | -1 | Semifinalist | Champions League | QF |
| 2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Champions League | PO | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 11th | EuroCup | 8F | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 1st | Semifinalist | EuroCup | RU | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | EuroCup | 8F | |
| 2024–25 | 1 | BSL | 10th | Quarterfinalist | EuroCup | QF | |
| 2025–26 | 1 | BSL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | EuroCup | SF |
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.