List of Turkish NBA players

Hedo Türkoğlu has played the highest number of games among all Turkish NBA players.

The following is a list of Turkish players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This list also includes players who were born outside of Turkey but have represented Turkey national team. Mirsad Türkcan is the first Turkish basketball player to play in the NBA.^[1]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

*	Denotes player who is still active in the NBA

Players

Note: Statistics are correct as of May 19, 2015.

Player	Pos.	Team(s) played	Career^[a]	Regular season	Playoffs	Year (pick)	Team	Notes	Ref.
				Games played		NBA Draft
Asik, OmerÖmer Aşık*	C/F	Chicago Bulls Houston Rockets New Orleans Pelicans	2010–2012 2012–2014 2014–present	354	37	2008 (36th)	Portland Trail Blazers		[2]
Erden, SemihSemih Erden	C	Boston Celtics Cleveland Cavaliers	2010–2011 2011–2012	69	—	2008 (60th)	Boston Celtics		[3]
Ilyasova, ErsanErsan İlyasova*	F	Milwaukee Bucks Detroit Pistons	2006–2007, 2009–2015 2015-present	453	17	2005 (36th)	Milwaukee Bucks		[4]
Kanter, EnesEnes Kanter*	C/F	Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder	2011–2015 2015-present	291	4	2011 (3rd)	Utah Jazz	Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, represents Turkey internationally.	[5]
Kutluay, İbrahimİbrahim Kutluay	G	Seattle SuperSonics	2004–2005	5	—	Undrafted	—		[6]
Okur, MehmetMehmet Okur	F/C	Detroit Pistons Utah Jazz New Jersey Nets	2002–2004 2004–2011 2011–2012	634	71	2001 (38th)	Detroit Pistons		[7]
Aldemir, FurkanFurkan Aldemir	F/C	Philadelphia 76ers	2014–2016	41	0	2012 (53rd)	Los Angeles Clippers		[8]
Turkcan, MirsadMirsad Türkcan	F	New York Knicks Milwaukee Bucks	1999–2000 2000	17	2	1998 (18th)	Houston Rockets	Born in SFR Yugoslavia,^[b] has represented Turkey internationally.	[9]
Turkoglu, HedoHedo Türkoğlu	F	Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Orlando Magic Toronto Raptors Phoenix Suns Los Angeles Clippers	2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–2009, 2010–2014 2009–2010 2010 2014–2015	997	109	2000 (16th)	Sacramento Kings		[10]

Drafted but never played

Player	Pos.	Year (pick)	Team	Notes	Ref.
		NBA Draft
Akyol, CenkCenk Akyol	F	2005 (59th)	Atlanta Hawks
Türkyılmaz, İzzetİzzet Türkyılmaz	F	2012 (50th)	Denver Nuggets
Karaman, İlkanİlkan Karaman	F	2012 (57th)	Brooklyn Nets
Osman, CediCedi Osman	F	2015 (31st)	Minnesota Timberwolves	Born in Republic of Macedonia to ethnic Turkish father and Bosniak mother, represents Turkey internationally.
Emir Preldžič	G/F	2009 (57th)	Phoenix Suns

See also

• List of foreign NBA players

Notes

• ^a Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
• ^b  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia dissolved in 1992 into five independent countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FR Yugoslavia was renamed into Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003 and dissolved into two independent countries, Montenegro and Serbia, in June 2006.

References

1. http://www.cnnturk.com/2012/spor/basketbol/09/17/mirsad.turkcan.veda.etti/676954.0/index.html
2. "Omer Asik Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
3. "Semih Erden Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
4. "Ersan Ilyasova Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
5. "Enes Kanter Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
6. "Ibo Kutluay Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
7. "Mehmet Okur Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
8. "Furkan Aldemir Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
9. "Mirsad Turkcan Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
10. "Hedo Turkoglu Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2010.