Türk Telekom B.K.
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Basketball club Türk Telekom Basketbol Kulübü (English: Turk Telekom Basketball Club) is a professional basketball team that is based in Ankara, Turkey. The team is currently playing in the Turkish Basketball Super League. It is a branch of the Türk Telekom GSK sports club. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena. The arena, which has a capacity of 10,400 seats, opened in April 2010.
History
The club was founded in 1954 and opened its basketball section as name of PTT in 1991. Thereafter, the team received name of Türk Telekom PTT in 1996. Recently, the team is continuing with the name of Türk Telekom.
Türk Telekom has won the Turkish Cup title after beating Oyak Renault in 2008. Also, the team won the Turkish President's Cup title after beating Fenerbahçe Ülker that year.
Türk Telekom also has a reserve team as name of Genç Telekom. They compete in the Turkish Basketball Second League.
In September 2011, first Turkish NBA All-Star player Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz announced he would play for Türk Telekom, due to the 2011 NBA lockout.
In 2016, Türk Telekom relegated from the BSL after finishing 15th in the regular season. In 2018, the team returned as it promoted from the Turkish First League.[1] In its first season back, the club would also play in the EuroCup, as the club returns to Europe after 6 years.[2]
The club played in the finals of the 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball season and achieved the runners-up position.
Home arenas
- Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall (1991–2011)
- Ankara Arena (2011–present)
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
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Notable players
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- Template:Flagicon Alper Yılmaz
- Template:Flagicon Barış Ermiş
- Template:Flagicon Berk Demir
- Template:Flagicon Can Akın
- Template:Flagicon Cevher Özer
- Template:Flagicon Cüneyt Erden
- Template:Flagicon Erdal Bibo
- Template:Flagicon Erkan Yılmaz
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- Template:Flagicon Mehmet Okur
- Template:Flagicon Mehmet Yağmur
- Template:Flagicon Murat Evliyaoğlu
- Template:Flagicon-Template:Flagicon-Template:Flagicon Rasim Başak
- Template:Flagicon Rıdvan Öncel
- Template:Flagicon Semih Erden
- Template:Flagicon Şemsettin Baş
- Template:Flagicon Ermal Kuqo
- Template:Flagicon Tyler Ennis
- Template:Flagicon Kyle Wiltjer
- Template:Flagicon Lukša Andrić
- Template:Flagicon Vladan Alanović
- Template:Flagicon Axel Bouteille
- Template:Flagicon Jan Jagla
- Template:Flagicon Heiko Schaffartzik
- Template:Flagicon Jarrod Jones
- Template:Flagicon Simas Jasaitis
- Template:Flagicon Micheal Eric
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- Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Ćapin
- Template:Flagicon Goran Jagodnik
- Template:Flagicon Marijan Kraljević
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- Template:Flagicon Miroslav Radošević
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Honours
Domestic competitions
- Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2007–08
- Winners (1): 2007–08
- Runners-up (4): 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Winners (2): 1997, 2008
- Runners-up (1): 1996
European competitions
- Runners-up (1): 2022–23
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Turkish Cup | European Competitions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | 1 | TBL | 12th | ||||
| 1992–93 | 1 | TBL | 9th | ||||
| 1993–94 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | |||
| 1994–95 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Korać Cup | ||
| 1995–96 | 1 | TBL | 11th | Runner-up | Korać Cup | ||
| 1996–97 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | Runner-up | European Cup | ||
| 1997–98 | 1 | TBL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | Euroleague | |
| 1998–99 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Saporta Cup | |||
| 1999–00 | 1 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | Korać Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2000–01 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Semifinalist | Runner-up | Korać Cup | |
| 2001–02 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Saporta Cup | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Semifinalist | Runner-up | FIBA Champions' Cup | |
| 2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Semifinalist | FIBA Europe League | ||
| 2004–05 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ULEB Cup | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | FIBA Eurocup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Runner-up | Champion | ULEB Cup | |
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| 2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />L16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 10th | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 13th | Group Stage | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 11th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Group stage | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | TBL | 15th | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2017–18 | 2 | TBL | 1st | ||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | EuroCup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 10th1 | -1 | Semifinalist | Champions League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Champions League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />POScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 11th | EuroCup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />8FScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 1st | Semifinalist | EuroCup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | EuroCup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />8FScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2024–25 | 1 | BSL | 10th | Quarterfinalist | EuroCup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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References
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External links
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