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. In its first season back, the club would also play in the EuroCup, as the club returns to Europe after 6 years.
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
Depth chart
Notable players
Alper Yılmaz Barış Ermiş Berk Demir Can Akın Cevher Özer Cüneyt Erden Erdal Bibo Erkan Yılmaz Kerem Tunçeri Mehmet Okur Mehmet Yağmur Murat Evliyaoğlu -- Rasim Başak Rıdvan Öncel Semih Erden Şemsettin Baş Ermal Kuqo Tyler Ennis Kyle Wiltjer Lukša Andrić Vladan Alanović Axel Bouteille Jan Jagla Heiko Schaffartzik Jarrod Jones Simas Jasaitis Micheal Eric Sani Bečirović Aleksandar Ćapin Goran Jagodnik Marijan Kraljević Luka Bogdanović Mirko Milićević Miroslav Radošević Derrick Alston Dee Brown Richard Coffey Ricky Davis Sam Dekker - Erwin Dudley Acie Earl Khalid El-Amin Tony Gaffney Jerian Grant Nick Johnson Tyrique Jones Johnny O'Bryant Steven Rogers Josh Shipp Mitch Smith Greg Stiemsma Jared Terrell Tyrone Wallace K'zell Wesson Trevor Wilson Rickie Winslow Kennedy Winston - Michael Wright
Honours Domestic competitions Turkish League Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2007–08 Turkish Cup Winners (1): 2007–08 Runners-up (4): 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03 Turkish Supercup Winners (2): 1997, 2008 Runners-up (1): 1996
European competitions EuroCup Runners-up (1): 2022–23 Semifinalist (1): 2025–26
Season by season SeasonTierLeaguePos.PostseasonTurkish CupEuropean Competitions1991–921 TBL12th 1992–931 TBL9th 1993–941 TBL3rd Semifinalist 1994–951 TBL5th Quarterfinalist Korać Cup1995–961 TBL11th Runner-up Korać Cup1996–971 TBL2ndRunner-up European Cup1997–981 TBL6th QuarterfinalistRunner-up Euroleague1998–991 TBL9th Saporta Cup1999–001 TBL8th Quarterfinalist Korać Cup 2000–011 TBL4th SemifinalistRunner-up Korać Cup2001–021 TBL5th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist Saporta Cup2002–031 TBL4th SemifinalistRunner-up FIBA Champions' Cup2003–041 TBL9th Semifinalist FIBA Europe League2004–051 TBL7th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist ULEB Cup2005–061 TBL5th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist 2006–071 TBL3rd Semifinalist Quarterfinalist FIBA Eurocup 2007–081 TBL4thRunner-upChampion ULEB Cup2008–091 TBL3rd Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Eurocup 2009–101 TBL5th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist Eurocup 2010–111 TBL10th Group Stage EuroChallenge 2011–121 TBL9th Group Stage EuroChallenge 2012–131 TBL13th Group Stage 2013–141 TBL11th Quarterfinalist 2014–151 TBL7th Quarterfinalist Group stage 2015–161 TBL15th 2016–172 TBL8th Quarterfinalist 2017–182 TBL1st 2018–191 BSL7th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist EuroCup 2019–201 BSL10th- Semifinalist Champions League 2020–211 BSL6th Quarterfinalist Champions League 2021–221 BSL11th EuroCup 2022–231BSL1st Semifinalist EuroCup2023–241BSL8th QuarterfinalistEuroCup2024–251BSL10th Quarterfinalist EuroCup2025–261 BSL5th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist EuroCup
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
References
External links Official Website TBLStat.net Profile Eurobasket.com Page