| İsmet Akpınar | |
| Position: | Point guard, shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 169 |
| League: | Basketbol Süper Ligi |
| Team: | Türk Telekom |
| Nationality: | Turkish, German |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Hamburg, Germany |
| Career Start: | 2011 |
| Years1: | 2011–2013 |
| Team1: | Rist Wedel |
| Years2: | 2013–2017 |
| Team2: | Alba Berlin |
| Years3: | 2017–2019 |
| Team3: | Ulm |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Team4: | Beşiktaş |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Team5: | Bayern Munich |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Team6: | Bahçeşehir Koleji |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Team7: | Fenerbahçe Beko |
| Years8: | 2023–2024 |
| Team8: | Galatasaray |
| Years9: | 2024–present |
| Team9: | Türk Telekom |
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Ismet Akpınar (Turkish: İsmet Akpınar, born May 22, 1995) is a Turkish-German professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
Akpınar started his career in the BC Hamburg youth ranks.[1] At the age of 16, he made his professional debut with SC Rist Wedel in the ProB, the third tier of German basketball, earning Eurobasket.com All-German ProB Rookie of the Year honors following the 2011–12 season.[2] At the same time, he excelled at the youth level playing for Piraten Hamburg and was named JBBL (under-16 Bundesliga) Player of the Year in 2011[3] as well as NBBL (under-19 Bundesliga) Rookie of the Year the following season.[4]
In February 2013, Akpınar agreed on a four-year deal with Bundesliga side Alba Berlin.[5] In the 2016-17 season, he received the BBL Best German Young Player Award.[6]
On June 7, 2017, he signed with ratiopharm Ulm.[7] In the 2017–18 season, he was invited for the BBL All-Star Game for the first time in his career. In 2019, Akpinar played in his second All-Star Game and was MVP of the match.[8]
On July 30, 2019, he has signed contract with Beşiktaş Sompo Japan of the Basketbol Süper Ligi.[9]
On May 25, 2020, he has signed with Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[10]
On July 11, 2020, he has signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).[11]
On June 18, 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague.[12] On June 22, 2023, he parted ways with the club.
On June 26, 2023, he signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[13]
On June 5, 2024, he signed with Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[14]
Akpınar has represented the German Junior National Teams on many occasions. In August 2010, he played in the North Sea Development Basketball Cup, guiding the German under-15 squad to a second-place finish.[15]
He was with the Germany U16 National Team, competing in the 2011 under-16 European Championships,[16] and was selected to play for Germany's U18 team at the 2012 Albert-Schweitzer-Tournament[17] as well as at the 2012[18] and 2013[19] under-18 European Championships. In 2014[20] and 2015,[21] he played for his country in the under-20 European Championships. In the summer of 2017, he was capped for the first time for Germany's men's national team.[22]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| Alba Berlin| 5 || 0 || 5.4 || .333 || .500 || .000 || .4 || .6 || .4 || .0 || 1.6 || .4|-| style="text-align:left;"|2021–22| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Fenerbahçe| 14 || 3 || 11.4 || .429 || .417 || .909 || .7 || .9 || .1 || .1 || 4.8 || 2.8|-| style="text-align:left;"|2022–23| 5 || 1 || 6.2 || 1.000 || .667 || .000 || .4 || .4 || .2 || .0 || 3.2 || 1.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career| 24 || 4 || 9.3 || .462 || .457 || .909 || .6 || .8 || .2 || .0 || 3.8 || 2.0
|-| style="text-align:left;"|2013–14| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3| Alba Berlin| 1 || 0 || 1.4 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0|-| style="text-align:left;"|2015–16| 18 || 0 || 12.1 || .417 || .321 || .720 || .7 || .4 || .3 || .2 || 3.6 || .8|-| style="text-align:left;"|2016–17| 14 || 5 || 11.5 || .600 || .259 || 1.000 || 1.2 || 1.2 || .0 || .1 || 3.6 || 2.6|-| style="text-align:left;"|2017–18| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Ulm| 9 || 8 || 20.4 || .419 || .273 || .882 || 2.0 || 2.0 || .7 || .3 || 6.6 || 5.8|-| style="text-align:left;"|2018–19| 15 || 11 || 24.0 || .519 || .413 || .850 || 1.8 || 3.1 || .5 || .6 || 11.1 || 10.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Bahçeşehir Koleji| 9 || 2 || 20.2 || .538 || .410 || 1.000 || 1.1 || 2.1 || .7 || .1 || 10.8 || 8.9|-|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career| 66 || 26 || 16.5 || .497 || .356 || .851 || 1.3 || 1.6 || .4 || .3 || 6.6 || 5.0
Ismet is of Turkish descent. He is younger brother of the Turkish player Mutlu Akpınar.