İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. (English: Istanbul Technical University Basketball Club), commonly abbreviated as İTÜ BK or simply İTÜ, is a Turkish professional

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club that is based in

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, Turkey. It is one of the most successful clubs in the history of the

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, having won the league championship five times. Their home arena is the

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's Maslak campus. Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years are

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History

The ITÜ basketball team was founded by former president of the

İlhami Civaoğlu and ITU graduate Nami Sukal in 1953. The team participated at the first Turkish Basketball League in the 1966–67 season. The golden era of the club was between 1967 and 1973. During this period, the team won 5 out of 6 national championships. After 1973, İTÜ gradually declined and relegated to the second league for the first time in the 1977–78 season. The team played first-tier basketball between 1979 and 1994, 1996–1998, 1999–2000 and 2001–2006. They were known as "Raks İTÜ" in 1996–97 and "Aras İTÜ" in the 2003–04 season. In the 2010–11 season, İTÜ once again was relegated to the third-tier but returned to the second league in the 2012–13 season. However, the club faced two successive relegations between 2014 and 2016 and ended up in the Regional Basketball League.

Honours

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* Winners (5): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973

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* Winners (2): 1969, 1971

Players

Current roster

Notable players

References

External links

ITU Sports
official website
TBLStat.net Team Profile
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