Ercüment Sunter (born 6 January 1955) is a Turkish former national
basketball
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er and a
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Sunter had managed many teams in
Turkish Basketball League
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as an experienced coach for over 20 years. Beslen,
Türk Telekom B.K.
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(former Turkish PTT basketball team),
Ãœlkerspor are among the teams he coached.
Sunter also coached
Turkey national basketball team
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on both juniors and seniors level and competed in
EuroBasket 1997
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in
Spain
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.
Sunter joined Türk Telekom B.K. in the beginning of
2007-08 season and got the record as the coach who managed the team for 10 seasons, the longest period.
Sunter is current head coach of
Türk Telekom
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External links
Sunter ProfileProfile
on Türk Telekom Official Webpage
1955 births
Living people
Basketbol Süper Ligi head coaches
Turkey men's national basketball team coaches
Turkish men's basketball players
Turkish basketball coaches
Türk Telekom basketball coaches
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Turkish sportsmen
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