The Turkish Basketball Federation ( tr, Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu, TBF) is the national federation for

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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It is headquartered in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. They organize the

Basketball Super League Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's ...

, the

Turkish Basketball Cup The Turkish Basketball Cup ( tr, Basketbol Erkekler Türkiye Kupası), FIAT Turkish Basketball Cup for sponsorship consideration, is the Turkey men's professional basketball national cup tournament. It has been held and organised by the Turkish Bas ...

and the

Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup The Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası), sometimes referred to as Turkish Basketball Super Cup, is the professional men's basketball super cup competition that takes place each year in Turkey. The competition ...

. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the men's,

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and youth national basketball teams. In October 2016 Hidayet Türkoğlu was elected as its president.

References

External links

Turkish Basketball Federation official website
{{Basketball in Turkey

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

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Basketball governing bodies in Europe Sports organizations established in 1959 Organizations based in Istanbul 1959 establishments in Turkey