Gediz Üniversitesi Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü, known as Orkide Gediz Üniversitesi for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in
Ä°zmir
Ä°zmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of Ä°zmir Province. In 2024, the city of Ä°zmir had ...
which plays
Turkish Basketball League (TBL)
Turkish may refer to:
* Something related to Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire
* The wo ...
. The team was founded by
Gediz University
Gediz University () was a private university located in the Seyrek neighborhood of Menemen, a metropolitan district of Ä°zmir, Turkey. It was established in 2008. On 23 July 2016, in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges, the university was close ...
in 2010. Their home arena is Gediz Ãœniversitesi Sports Hall with a capacity of 250 seats. The team is sponsored by Orkide which is a liquid oil company in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
External links
Gediz Üniversitesi Basketbol Kulübü Official Website
Basketball teams in Turkey
Basketball teams established in 2010
Sports clubs and teams in Ä°zmir
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