Türk Telekom B.K.

Türk Telekom
Leagues Turkish Super League,
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded 1991
History Türk Telekom
(1991–present)
Arena Ankara Arena
Arena Capacity 10,400
Location Ankara, Turkey
Team colors Sky Blue, Dark Blue and White
              
President Tahsin Yılmaz
Head coach Ercüment Sunter
Championships 1 Turkish Cup
2 Turkish President's Cups
Website Türk Telekom
Uniforms
Home
Away

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, which has a capacity of 10,400 seats, and which was opened in April 2010.

History

Türk Telekom logo used till 2016

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 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.

Home arenas

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Türk Telekom roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SF 7 Turkey Akpınar, Mutlu 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 33 – (1983-02-01)1 February 1983
PF 8 Turkey Göktaş, Murat 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1987-01-22)22 January 1987
SG 9 Turkey Büker, Evren 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1985-07-06)6 July 1985
PG 10 United States Woodside, Ben 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1985-07-01)1 July 1985
SG 11 United States Jenkins, Michael 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986
G 12 United States Harris, Manny 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1989-09-21)21 September 1989
PG 15 Turkey Cevit, Canberk 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 – (1997-06-16)16 June 1997
F/C 20 United States Buckner, Eric 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1990-04-26)26 April 1990
F/C 23 Albania Kuqo, Ermal (DC) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 36 – (1980-02-12)12 February 1980
SF 32 Turkey Veyseloğlu, Erkan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 33 – (1983-03-13)13 March 1983
F/C 41 Turkey Özer, Cevher 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 32 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: January 26, 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Eric Buckner Ermal Kuqo
PF Marcus Haislip Cevher Özer Murat Göktaş
SF Erkan Veyseloğlu Mutlu Akpınar
SG Michael Jenkins Manny Harris
PG Ben Woodside Aleksandar Rašić Canberk Cevit

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 7 Quarterfinalist Group stage

References

    External links

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.