Ege Arar (born 2 September 1996) is a Turkish professional

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player for

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of the

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(BSL).

Early years

In 2010, Ege was selected to play for the Galatasaray Academy, after a try-out against 37 other competing players in his age group. Ege was selected to the Turkish junior national Under-16 team, and he played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal. In 2014, after leading Galatasaray's Under-18 junior team in the Istanbul youth league to a third place finish, and Galatasaray's Under-20 junior team to the final of the Turkish Developmental League (Geliştirme Ligi), he was selected to the Turkish national under-18 team. He started in all of Turkey's games at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and won the gold medal at the tournament. Shortly after that, he was moved up to the senior men's club team of

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. He was initially given the jersey number 34, which was previously used by another former Galatasaray academy player, Doğukan Sönmez.

Professional career

Arar began his pro career during the 2014–15 season with the

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club

. With Galatasaray, he won the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup championship during the 2015–16 season. On 12 July 2020, he signed with newly promoted

of the

. On 10 August 2021, he has signed with and returned to

of the Turkish BSL after one year break. On 10 June 2022, he signed with and returned to

for a second stint.

Turkish national team

Arar was a member of the junior national teams of Turkey. With Turkey's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the

2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 18th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition took place in Lignano Sabbiadoro and Latisana, Italy, from 7 to 19 July 2015. Participating teams * (Runners-up, 2014 FIB ...

, where he won a bronze medal, and the

2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 19th edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in Helsinki, Finland, from 16 to 24 July 2016. Participating teams * * * (Winners, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Champi ...

, where he won a bronze medal.

Early years

Professional career

Turkish national team

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