Wikipedia - Türk Telekom B.K.
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.
Turk Telekom jest jednym z najbardziej utytułowanych klubów w historii tureckiej koszykówki, mając na swoim koncie 10 mistrzostw kraju, 6 pucharów kraju i 2 superpuchary. Klub odniósł również sukcesy na arenie międzynarodowej, zdobywając puchar FIBA Europe Cup w 2000 roku.
Wśród najbardziej znanych zawodników, którzy grali w Turk Telekom, można wymienić:
* Kerem Tunçeri
* İbrahim Kutluay
* Mehmet Okur
* Hidayet Türkoğlu
* Ersan İlyasova
Turk Telekom jest znany ze swojej silnej tradycji w szkoleniu młodych zawodników, a jego akademia koszykarska uznawana jest za jedną z najlepszych w Turcji. Klub posiada również silne wsparcie kibiców, a jego mecze domowe rozgrywane są w hali Ankara Arena, która może pomieścić ponad 10 000 widzów.