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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.
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]
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Turkish Cup | European Competitions | ||
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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 | – | |||
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 | |||
2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Runner-up | Champion | Played ULEB Cup | ||
2008–09 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | |||
2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | |||
2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 10th | – | Group Stage | |||
2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | Group Stage | |||
2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 13th | – | Group Stage | – | ||
2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 11th | – | – | |||
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 | |||
2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 10th | – | Semifinalist | |||
2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | – | |||
2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 11th | – | – | align=left | ||
2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 1st | Semifinalist | – | EuroCup | ||
2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | – | EuroCup |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.