Türk Telekom B.K. Explained

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Türk Telekom
Leagues:Basketbol Süper Ligi
EuroCup
Founded:1991
History:PTT
(1991–1996)
Türk Telekom PTT
(1996–1998)
Türk Telekom
(1998–present)
Arena:Ankara Arena
Capacity:10,400
Location:Ankara, Turkey
Colors:Sky Blue, Dark Blue and White
President:Tahsin Yılmaz
Coach:Erdem Can
Captain:Mehmet Yağmur
Championships:1 Turkish Cup
2 Turkish President's Cups
Website:Türk Telekom
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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]

Home arenas

Players

Depth chart

Notable players

Honours

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.PostseasonTurkish CupEuropean Competitions
1991–921TBL12th
1992–931TBL9th
1993–941TBL3rdSemifinalist
1994–951TBL5thQuarterfinalistKorać Cup
1995–961TBL11thRunner-upKorać Cup
1996–971TBL2ndRunner-upEuropean Cup
1997–981TBL6thQuarterfinalistRunner-upEuroleague
1998–991TBL9thSaporta Cup
1999–001TBL8thQuarterfinalist
2000–011TBL4thSemifinalistRunner-upKorać Cup
2001–021TBL5thQuarterfinalistSemifinalistSaporta Cup
2002–031TBL4thSemifinalistRunner-upFIBA Champions' Cup
2003–041TBL9th-SemifinalistFIBA Europe League
2004–051TBL7thQuarterfinalistQuarterfinalistULEB Cup
2005–061TBL5thQuarterfinalistQuarterfinalist
2006–071TBL3rdSemifinalistQuarterfinalist
2007–081TBL4thRunner-upChampionPlayed ULEB Cup
2008–091TBL3rdSemifinalistQuarterfinalist
2009–101TBL5thQuarterfinalistQuarterfinalist
2010–111TBL10thGroup Stage
2011–121TBL9thGroup Stage
2012–131TBL13thGroup Stage
2013–141TBL11th
2014–151TBL7thQuarterfinalistGroup stage
2015–161TBL15th
2016–172TBL8thQuarterfinalist
2017–182TBL1st
2018–191BSL7thQuarterfinalistSemifinalist
2019–201BSL10thSemifinalist
2020–211BSL6thQuarterfinalist
2021–221BSL11thalign=left
2022–231BSL1stSemifinalistEuroCup
2023–241BSL8thQuarterfinalistEuroCup

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Türkiye Basketbol 1. Ligi'nde şampiyon Türk Telekom. April 1, 2018. aa.com.tr. Turkish. May 21, 2021.
  2. News: ECA Board reviews commercial strategy, approves 2018-19 competitions team list. Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2018. 19 June 2018.