The Turkey men's national basketball team () represents

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in international

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tournaments. They are governed by the Turkish Basketball Federation. Their nickname is the ''12 Dev Adam'', meaning 12 Giant Men. Turkey has competed at every major international basketball tournament. Their greatest achievements are winning two silver medals on home soil at the

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(

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), and

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(

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) respectively. Turkey has also won two gold (

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), one silver (

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), and three bronze (

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) medals at the

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. They also won the gold medal at the 1981 Balkan Championship. Currently, Turkey stands 27th in the FIBA World Ranking.

History

Ahmet Robenson was known as being the first organizer of basketball in

. In 1936, Turkey played its first ever basketball match against

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, winning 49–12. For many years basketball was a little-known sport in Turkey, but when the American drama The White Shadow started airing in the country, it gained popularity. However, the national team at the time lacked experience and could not win any international tournaments until the 1980s, when Turkey won the gold medal at the 1981 Balkan Championship and the 1987 Mediterranean Games. At the club level, Efes Pilsen was the first Turkish club to win a European Cup in any team sport, the 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup. Since then, basketball in Turkey has grown immensely, as the national team began to play a major role in international tournaments. The Turkish national team won the silver medal at both EuroBasket 2001, and the 2010 FIBA World Cup.

1930s–1940s

Turkey national basketball team in 1946-1947

Turkey's European Championship debut came at the EuroBasket 1949. The Turks split their six matches in the seven-team round robin tournament, finishing with three wins and three losses for fourth place.

1950s

Turkey competed again at the EuroBasket 1951 in

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. Their only loss in the preliminary round was to the

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as Turkey earned the second-rank spot with a 3–1 record. Their single loss to

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in the semi-final round, however, was enough to bump them from championship contention as they came out on the bottom of a three-way tie with a 2–1 record. They won their classification 5–8 game, but lost the 5/6 game to

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. Turkey returned after missing 1953's edition to the

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. They went 1–2 in their preliminary round group, taking third in the pool and moving to classification play. There they lost only to

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on their way to a 3–1 record in classification round 1. They lost their 9–12 semi-final by 1 point to

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, but defeated

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77–54 in the next game to take 11th place of the 18 team tournament. Turkey appeared again at the

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. Losing to the

and

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in the preliminary round, Turkey took third in the group to be sent to the classification pool. They defeated each of the other seven teams in the classification round in order to take 9th place of the 16 teams.

1960s–1980s

The 1960s, 1970s and 1980s were in general a barren period for the Turkish national basketball team. They were, however, successful at the

, winning two bronze medals in

and

, one silver medal in

, and one gold medal in

. Turkey also won the gold medal at the 1981 Balkan Championship. The team was led by notable coaches like Yalçın Granit and Mehmet Baturalp in the 1960s and 1970s, and by Aydan Siyavuş during the Balkan and Mediterranean triumphs of the 1980s, which marked the dawn of a successful new era in Turkish basketball (especially in European club competitions) starting from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Efe Aydan and Erman Kunter were among the notable players of this period in Turkish basketball. Erman Kunter, who still holds a number of all-time records in the

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as a player, later became a successful coach in the Turkish and French basketball leagues, and led the Turkish national team at the EuroBasket 1999.

1990s

Turkey appeared again at the

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after 12 years of absence, but finished 11th among 16 teams. Turkey finished 13th among 14 teams at the

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, 8th among 16 teams at the

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, and again 8th among 16 teams at the EuroBasket 1999.

2000s

As the host country of the EuroBasket 2001, the Turkish national basketball team, led by coach Aydın Örs, reached the EuroBasket final for the first time in their history. Turkey defeated

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in the quarter-finals and

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in the semis, before their showdown with

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in the final. Turkey would ultimately lose the game , finishing the Euros with the silver medal. Furthermore, Turkish stars İbrahim Kutluay scored 19 points in the final game, while Hidayet Türkoğlu was named to the All-Tournament team. Due to their surprising finish at EuroBasket 2001, Turkey qualified for their first appearance to the

in 2002. Turkey, however, would accumulate just four wins against four defeats at the World Cup to finish the tournament in ninth. At the EuroBasket 2003, Turkey reached the second round where they got eliminated by Serbia and Montenegro. Turkey qualified for the EuroBasket 2005 held in

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, but lost to

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(87–75) and Croatia (80–67), defeating only

(94–89) in the preliminary round. This win brought Turkey to the knock-out stage, where

eliminated the team 66–57. Turkey ended the tournament with a 9–12 rank. Turkey was awarded one of the four wild cards by

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for the qualification to the 2006 FIBA World Cup in

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. The Turkish squad completed the preliminary round in

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in second place behind the Greek team, and was entitled to play in the

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. There the team defeated

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90–84, to advance into the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time in their history. However, In the quarter-finals, Turkey lost to

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, and was relegated to the classification round. There, Turkey would go on to defeat Lithuania once again, before losing to

to finish the tournament in sixth place. After their surprising results at the tournament, a new nickname, ''12 Cesur Yürek'' (12 Brave Hearts) was proposed after the young and inexperienced teams' fearless performance at the 2006 FIBA World Cup, despite not having star players Hidayet Türkoğlu,

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, Mirsad Türkcan,

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and Hüseyin Beşok. At the

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, Turkey played in Group C with

and the

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. Turkey began by losing 86–69 to Lithuania and was then blown out 79–49 by Germany. The team ended group play with an 80–72 win over fellow bottom-of-the-group team Czech Republic. With that win Turkey advanced to the next round, although the team lost all of its games (66–51 to Slovenia, 84–75 to Italy and 85–64 to France) in that phase. The three results eliminated Turkey from the EuroBasket 2007 with an (1–5) record and an 11th-place finish. At the

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, Turkey played in Group D with hosts

, Lithuania and

. The Group D matches took place in

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, Poland. Turkey won all three of its group matches and qualified for the second round. Turkey enjoyed a strong start in the second round, as they won their first match against World Champions

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63–60; when

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and Ersan İlyasova rejected a last-second shot by Sergio Llull. Turkey then beat Serbia in overtime. Turkey's winning streak came to an end against Slovenia, when, despite a 19-point comeback, Engin Atsür missed a desperation three pointer in a 69–67 loss. In the knockout stage, Turkey were against Greece and lost a close game in overtime, finishing the tournament 8th. Yet, in the same year, Turkey won the bronze medal at the

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2010s

As the host country, Turkey, led by coach

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, automatically qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Cup. Turkey topped their group, winning all of their games against the

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and

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. In the knockout stages Turkey managed to defeat

and

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in a thrilling semi-final match which Turkey won 83–82. The national team enjoyed their greatest success to date on the international stage going undefeated in group play and progressing to the final, where they eventually lost to the

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to come away with the silver medal. Each player was awarded a prize of 1,500,000 TL (approximately $1,000,000 in September 2010) from the Turkish government for being the runner-up in the competition. Orhun Ene, who was the assistant coach of Turkey next to Tanjević and had a successful career as a player, was appointed the head coach to lead Turkey during the EuroBasket 2011. The team had a disappointing tournament, as they were eliminated in the second group phase after losing three straight games. Turkey and Serbia were the only teams that managed to defeat the eventual EuroBasket 2011 champions

during the tournament. Two years later, Turkey won their second gold medal at the

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by defeating

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in the final. A few months later at the

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, Turkey managed to defeat only

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, before finishing the competition with a (1–4) record to fail making it out of the group stage. On 22 March 2014, the Turkish Basketball Federation announced that

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would lead Turkey during the 2014 FIBA World Cup, EuroBasket 2015 and the

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. After receiving a wild card bid, Turkey qualified for the 2014 FIBA World Cup. The team was slotted into

, to begin their tournament run. Turkey would eventually accumulate a (3–2) record during the group phase to advance into the knockout rounds. In the Round of 16, Turkey earned a hard-fought victory over

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65–64. In the quarter-finals, Turkey's tournament appearance would come to an end as the national team fell to

73–61. At EuroBasket 2015, Turkey arrived on to the continental stage with confidence, after their solid play at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. Although the team would suffer a setback after getting past the group stage, as they were thoroughly outplayed in their Round of 16 match against

76–53. After the disappointment for Turkey in 2015, head coach Ergin Ataman still had the responsibility to guide Turkey to the 2016 Olympic Tournament. The national team would once again have a let down, coming away with a (1–2) record during qualifying and being eliminated. On 19 January 2017, Ufuk Sarıca succeeded Ergin Ataman as Turkey's new head coach. Sarıca was among the star players of Efes Pilsen in the 1990s, winning the 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup and reaching the final of the 1992–93

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with the Istanbul-based club under head coach Aydın Örs. Turkey was named one of four co-hosts for the

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. However, the national team put up a near identical performance as they did at the 2015 edition. Turkey was knocked out in the Round of 16 both times, although winning one fewer game in 2017. In qualification for Turkey to make it to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the national team posted an (8–4) record during European Qualifiers to make it to their fifth consecutive World Cup finals appearance. Entering the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Turkey was placed into

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where they defeated

in their first match 86–67. In their next game the national team were up against the United States. In the highly competitive back and forth battle between the two sides that needed overtime to decide a winner, it was the Americans who pulled out the narrow 93–92 victory. After the demoralizing loss, Turkey would go on to lose their final match of the preliminary phase 76–91 to the

, which relegated the team to the classification round to finish out the tournament.

Honours

The Turkish national team's all-time medal record:

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

EuroBasket

Results and fixtures

2024

2025

2026

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 20 and 23 February 2025 against

and

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Depth chart

Head coaches

Past rosters

1936 Olympic Games: finished 21st among 21 teams 1 Dionis Sakalak, 2 Jack Habib, 3 Hayri Arsebük, 4

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, 5 Nihat Ertuğ, 6 Hazdayi Penso, 7 Sadri Usluoğlu, 8 Şeref Alemdar (Coach: Rupen Semerciyan) ---- 1949 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 7 teams 3 Avram Barokas, 4 Sacit Seldüz, 5 Tevfik Tankut, 6 Haşim Tankut, 7 Hüseyin Öztürk, 8 Vitali Benazus, 9 Candaş Tekeli, 10 Ali Uras, 11 Erdoğan Partener, 12 Ayduk Koray, 13 Mehmet Ali Yalım, 14 Samim Göreç (Coach: Samim Göreç) ----

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: finished 6th among 17 teams 3 Yılmaz Gündüz, 4 Yalçın Granit, 5 Sacit Seldüz, 6 Ayhan Demir, 7 Ali Uras, 8 Cemil Sevin, 9

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, 10 Avram Barokas, 11 Erdoğan Partener, 12 Ertem Göreç, 13 Mehmet Ali Yalım, 14 Nejat Diyarbakırlı (Coach: Samim Göreç) ---- 1952 Olympic Games: finished 22nd among 23 teams 3 Yılmaz Gündüz, 4 Yalçın Granit, 5 Sacit Seldüz, 6 Ali Uras, 7 Güney Ülmen, 8 Altan Dinçer, 9

, 10 Mehmet Ali Yalım, 11 Erdoğan Partener, 12 Nejat Diyarbakırlı, 13 Turhan Tezol, 14

Yüksel Alkan Yüksel Alkan (1 May 1931 – 23 November 2017) was a Turkish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links

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(Coach: Samim Göreç) ----

1955 EuroBasket The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) ente ...

: finished 11th among 18 teams 3 Yüksel Böke, 4 Yalçın Granit, 5 Cahit Tanık, 6 Turhan Tezol, 7 Tunç Erim, 8 Yalçın Okaya, 9

, 10 Mehmet Ali Yalım, 11 Erdoğan Karabelen, 12 Altan Dinçer, 13 Üner Erimer, 14 Şinasi Ertan, 15 Yavuz Türkoğlu, 16

Yüksel Alkan Yüksel Alkan (1 May 1931 – 23 November 2017) was a Turkish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1931 births 2017 deaths Turkish men's basketball playe ...

(Coach: Samim Göreç) ----

1957 EuroBasket The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FI ...

: finished 9th among 16 teams 3 Yılmaz Gündüz, 4 Yalçın Granit, 5 Orhan Girgin, 6 Turhan Tezol, 7 Tunç Erim, 9 Mehmet Baturalp, 11 Erdoğan Karabelen, 12 Altan Dinçer, 13 Üner Erimer, 14 Erkan Gündüz, 15 Yavuz Türkoğlu (Coach: Samim Göreç) ----

1959 EuroBasket The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded ...

: finished 12th among 17 teams 4 Nedret Uyguç, 6 Turhan Tezol, 7 Tunç Erim, 8 Ömer Urkon, 9 Mehmet Baturalp, 10 Özer Salnur, 11 Erdoğan Karabelen, 12 Ünal Büyükaycan, 13 Güner Yalçıner, 14 Tuğrul Demir, 15 Ali Kazaz, 16 Şengün Kaplanoğlu (Coach: Samim Göreç) ---- 1961 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 19 teams 4 Nedret Uyguç, 5 Haşim Ülkü, 6 Şengün Kaplanoğlu, 7 Tuncer Kobaner, 8 Ömer Urkon, 9 Mehmet Baturalp, 10 Ersan Salihoğlu, 11 Erdal Poyrazoğlu, 12 Altan Dinçer, 13 Dursun Açıkbaş, 14 Yavuz Demir, 15 Ali Kazaz (Coach: Yalçın Granit) ---- 1963 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams 4 Nedret Uyguç, 5 Nedim Hoşgör, 6 Şengün Kaplanoğlu, 7 Tuncer Kobaner, 8 Haşim Ülkü, 9 Mehmet Baturalp, 10 Halil Dağlı, 11 Özer Salnur, 12 Ünal Büyükaycan, 13 İlker Esel, 14 Yavuz Demir, 15 Hüseyin Kozluca (Coach: Yalçın Granit) ---- 1971 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams 4 Nuri Tan, 5 Barış Küce, 6 Nadir Vekiloğlu, 7 Battal Durusel, 8 Cihat İlkbaşaran, 9 Kemal Erdenay, 10 Serdar Ersözlü, 11 Zeki Tosun, 12 Abdullah İnce, 13 Nur Germen, 14 Reşat Güney, 15 Hüseyin Alp (Coach: Mehmet Baturalp) ---- 1973 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams 4 Nuri Tan, 5 Serdar Ersözlü, 6 Necmi Ton, 7 Doğan Hakyemez, 8 Aydın Örs, 9 Kemal Erdenay, 10 Battal Durusel, 11 Zeki Tosun, 12 Erdal Poyrazoğlu, 13 Abdullah İnce, 14 Halil Dağlı, 15 Reşat Güney (Coach: Mehmet Baturalp) ---- 1975 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams 4 Nur Germen, 5 Barış Küce, 6 Nadir Vekiloğlu, 7 Doğan Hakyemez, 8 Ömürden Kısagün, 9 Kemal Erdenay, 10 Battal Durusel, 11 Zeki Tosun, 12 Erdal Poyrazoğlu, 13 Abdullah İnce, 14 Efe Aydan, 15 Kemal Akıncı (Coach: Mehmet Baturalp) ---- 1981 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams 4 Serdar Koçyiğit, 5 Melih Erçin, 6 Necati Güler, 7 Doğan Hakyemez, 8 Aytek Gürkan, 9 Emir Turam, 10 Erman Kunter, 11 Mehmet Döğüşken, 12 Cevat Soydaş, 13 Efe Aydan, 14 Sadi Olcay, 15 Celal Arısan (Coach: Aydan Siyavuş) ----

1993 EuroBasket The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entere ...

: finished 11th among 16 teams 4 Erdal Koşan, 5 Ömer Saybir, 6 Murat Konuk, 7 Orhun Ene, 8 Volkan Aydın, 9 Harun Erdenay, 10 Serdar Apaydın, 11 Levent Topsakal, 12 Ömer Büyükaycan, 13 Tamer Oyguç, 14 Lütfi Arıboğan, 15 Hüsnü Çakırgil (Coach: Nur Germen) ----

1995 EuroBasket The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to e ...

: finished 13th among 14 teams 4 Murat Konuk, 5 Mirsad Türkcan, 6 Murat Evliyaoğlu, 7 Orhun Ene, 8 İbrahim Kutluay, 9 Harun Erdenay, 10 Serdar Apaydın, 11 Levent Topsakal, 12 Ömer Büyükaycan, 13 Tamer Oyguç, 14 Lütfi Arıboğan, 15 Haluk Yıldırım (Coach: Çetin Yılmaz) ----

1997 EuroBasket The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a ber ...

: finished 8th among 16 teams 4 Murat Konuk, 5

, 6 Mirsad Türkcan, 7 Orhun Ene, 8 Volkan Aydın, 9 Harun Erdenay, 10 İbrahim Kutluay, 11 Murat Evliyaoğlu, 12 Hüseyin Beşok, 13 Tamer Oyguç, 14 Tunç Girgin, 15 Ufuk Sarıca (Coach: Ercüment Sunter) ---- 1999 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams 4

, 5 Hidayet Türkoğlu, 6 Mirsad Türkcan, 7 Cüneyt Erden, 8 Murat Konuk, 9 Haluk Yıldırım, 10 İbrahim Kutluay, 11

, 12 Hüseyin Beşok, 13 Tamer Oyguç, 14 Asım Pars, 15 Ufuk Sarıca (Coach: Erman Kunter) ---- 2001 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams 4

, 5 Hidayet Türkoğlu, 6 Mirsad Türkcan, 7 Orhun Ene, 8 Asım Pars, 9 Harun Erdenay, 10 İbrahim Kutluay, 11 Kaya Peker, 12 Hüseyin Beşok, 13

, 14 Haluk Yıldırım, 15 Ömer Onan (Coach: Aydın Örs) ---- 2002 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 16 teams 4

, 5 Hidayet Türkoğlu, 6 Mirsad Türkcan, 7

Hakan Köseoğlu Hakan Köseoğlu (born December 12, 1981) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He played the point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulati ...

, 8 Asım Pars, 9 Harun Erdenay (C), 10 İbrahim Kutluay, 11 Kaya Peker, 12 Hüseyin Beşok, 13

, 14 Haluk Yıldırım, 15 Ömer Onan (Coach: Aydın Örs) ---- 2003 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams 4

, 5 Hidayet Türkoğlu, 6 Mirsad Türkcan, 7 Ender Arslan, 8 Kerem Gönlüm, 9

Rasim Başak Rasim Başak, originally named Ruslan Avleev, was born on 17 February 1980. He is a retired professional basketball player of Azerbaijani- Turkish descent. As a power forward, he stands at 2.02 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Throughout his career ...

, 10 İbrahim Kutluay, 11 Kaya Peker, 12 Hüseyin Beşok, 13

, 14 Haluk Yıldırım, 15 Ömer Onan (Coach: Aydın Örs) ---- 2005 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams 4

, 5 Ermal Kurtoğlu, 6 Mirsad Türkcan, 7 Ender Arslan, 8 Cenk Akyol, 9 Serkan Erdoğan, 10 İbrahim Kutluay, 11 Fatih Solak, 12 Kerem Gönlüm, 13

, 14 Kaya Peker, 15 Hidayet Türkoğlu (Coach:

) ---- 2006 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 24 teams 4 Cenk Akyol, 5 Ermal Kurtoğlu, 6 Engin Atsür, 7 Ender Arslan, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 Serkan Erdoğan, 10 İbrahim Kutluay, 11 Fatih Solak, 12 Kerem Gönlüm, 13 Semih Erden, 14 Kaya Peker, 15 Hakan Demirel (Coach:

) ---- 2007 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams 4 Ender Arslan, 5 Ermal Kurtoğlu, 6 Engin Atsür, 7 Cenk Akyol, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 Semih Erden, 10 Hakan Demirel, 11 İbrahim Kutluay, 12 Kerem Gönlüm, 13

, 14 Kaya Peker, 15 Hidayet Türkoğlu (Coach:

) ---- 2009 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams 4

Bekir Yarangüme Bekir Yarangüme (born January 28, 1977) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who last played for Darüşşafaka S.K., Darüşşafaka & Doğuş. External linksTBLStat.net Profile
1977 births Living people Bandırma B.İ.K. p ...

, 5 Sinan Güler, 6 Engin Atsür, 7 Ömer Onan, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 Barış Hersek, 10

, 11 Oğuz Savaş, 12 Semih Erden, 13 Ender Arslan, 14

, 15 Hidayet Türkoğlu (Coach:

) ---- 2010 FIBA World Cup: finished 2nd among 24 teams 4 Cenk Akyol, 5 Sinan Güler, 6 Barış Ermiş, 7 Ömer Onan, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 Semih Erden, 10

, 11 Oğuz Savaş, 12 Kerem Gönlüm, 13 Ender Arslan, 14

, 15 Hidayet Türkoğlu (C) (Coach:

) ---- 2011 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 24 teams 4 Cenk Akyol, 5 Sinan Güler, 6 Emir Preldžič, 7 Ömer Onan, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 İzzet Türkyılmaz, 10

, 11 Oğuz Savaş, 12

, 13 Ender Arslan, 14 Enes Kanter, 15 Hidayet Türkoğlu (C) (Coach: Orhun Ene) ---- 2013 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams 4 Doğuş Balbay, 5 Sinan Güler, 6 Emir Preldžič, 7 Birkan Batuk, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 Semih Erden, 10

Serhat Çetin Serhat Çetin (born 23 February 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. Standing at , he mainly plays the small forward position but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard position if needed. He is curren ...

, 11 Oğuz Savaş, 12 Kerem Gönlüm, 13 Ender Arslan, 14

, 15 Hidayet Türkoğlu (C) (Coach:

) ---- 2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 8th among 24 teams 4 Cedi Osman, 5 Sinan Güler, 6 Barış Ermiş, 7 Cenk Akyol, 8 Barış Hersek, 9 Emir Preldžič, 10

, 11 Oğuz Savaş, 12 Kerem Gönlüm, 13 Ender Arslan, 14

, 15 Furkan Aldemir (Coach:

) ---- 2015 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 24 teams 4 Kartal Özmızrak, 5 Sinan Güler (C), 6 Cedi Osman, 7 Barış Hersek, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 Semih Erden, 10

Melih Mahmutoğlu Melih Mahmutoğlu (born 12 May 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player and the team captain for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague. Club career Early years Mahmutoğlu started to play youth bas ...

, 11 Oğuz Savaş, 12 Furkan Korkmaz, 13 Ali Muhammed, 14 Göksenin Köksal, 15 Furkan Aldemir (Coach:

) ---- 2017 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 24 teams 2

Erkan Veyseloğlu Erkan Veyseloğlu (born 13 March 1983) is a German-born Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Çağdaş Bodrumspor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi. Standing 6 ft 7 in (2.00 m), he plays the small forward position. Early ...

, 4 Doğuş Balbay, 5 Sinan Güler, 6 Cedi Osman, 7 Barış Hersek, 9 Semih Erden, 10

, 19 Furkan Aldemir, 21

Sertaç Şanlı Sertaç Şanlı (; born 5 August 1991) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi, BSL and the EuroLeague. He plays at the center (basketball), center position. Professional career He mad ...

, 22 Furkan Korkmaz, 25 Kenan Sipahi, 61 Göksenin Köksal (Coach: Ufuk Sarıca) ---- 2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 22nd among 32 teams 1 Scottie Wilbekin, 4 Doğuş Balbay, 5 Metecan Birsen, 6 Cedi Osman, 8 Ersan İlyasova, 9 Semih Erden, 10

, 11 Ege Arar, 19 Buğrahan Tuncer, 21

, 22 Furkan Korkmaz, 24 Yiğit Arslan (Coach: Ufuk Sarıca) ---- 2022 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 24 teams 0 Shane Larkin, 2 Şehmus Hazer, 3 Yiğitcan Saybir, 5 Onuralp Bitim, 6 Cedi Osman, 10

(C), 12 Sadık Emir Kabaca, 15

, 19 Buğrahan Tuncer, 22 Furkan Korkmaz, 23 Alperen Şengün, 24 Ercan Osmani (Coach:

)

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File:İbrahim Kutluay 2024.jpg İbrahim Kutluay was the first Turkish basketball player to have won a major club competition. File:Mehmet Okur (cropped).jpg,

became the first Turkish player to win an

NBA championship The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern and Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven series to determine the league ...

. File:Hedo Turkoglu point guard 11-27-08.jpg, Hidayet Türkoğlu was among the most successful Turkish NBA players. File:Kerem Tunçeri (cropped).jpg,

was a key member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA World Cup. File:Bogdan Tanjevic.jpg,

managed the national team at the 2010 FIBA World Cup. File:E.Ataman Press Conf..JPG,

managed the national team at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

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