Türk Telekom B.K.

Türk Telekom
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi EuroCup
Founded	1991;34 years ago (1991)
History	PTT (1991–1996) Türk Telekom PTT (1996–1998) Türk Telekom (1998–present)
Arena	Ankara Arena
Capacity	10,400
Location	Ankara, Turkey
Team colors	Sky Blue, dark Blue, white
President	Tahsin Yılmaz
Head coach	Erdem Can
Team captain	Doğuş Özdemiroğlu
Championships	1 Turkish Cup 2 Turkish Supercups
Website	turktelekombasketbol.com.tr
Home Away

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

Türk Telekom logo used till 2016

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]

The club played in the finals of the 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball season and achieved the runners-up position.

Home arenas

The Ankara Arena, home venue of the team since 2011

• Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall (1991–2011)
• Ankara Arena (2011–present)

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Türk Telekom roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Devoe, Michael 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1999-12-17)17 December 1999 SG 1 Allman, Kyle 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1997-09-02)2 September 1997 G 2 Tekçevik, Mete 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (2001-07-18)18 July 2001 PF 3 Durmaz, Berkan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 28 – (1997-02-20)20 February 1997 C 5 Koşut, Emircan 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 SG 6 Kahraman, Ata 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 26 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999 C 7 Alexander, Kyle 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1996-10-21)21 October 1996 F 8 Usher, Jordan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1998-02-21)21 February 1998 G 9 Smith, Jaleen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 G/F 10 Trifunović, Uroš 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 24 – (2000-12-05)5 December 2000 F/C 11 Simonović, Marko 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 26 – (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 PG 18 Özdemiroğlu, Doğuş  (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 SF 19 Gültekin, Yavuz 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000 PF 24 Gražulis, Andrejs 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1993-07-21)21 July 1993 F/C 30 Bankston, Kris 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 26 – (1999-06-11)11 June 1999	Head coach Erdem Can Assistant coach(es) Ayberk Nayır Savaş Kaynak Can Akın Team manager Önder Külçebaş Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster Updated: September 11, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Kris Bankston	Marko Simonović	Emircan Koşut
PF	Andrejs Gražulis	Berkan Durmaz	Yavuz Gültekin
SF	Jordan Usher	Uroš Trifunović
SG	Kyle Allman	Michael Devoe	Mete Tekçevik
PG	Jaleen Smith	Doğuş Özdemiroğlu	Ata Kahraman	Melih Tunca

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• 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

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Turkish Cup	European Competitions
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		Korać Cup	QF
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	FIBA Eurocup	QF
2007–08	1	TBL	4th	Runner-up	Champion	ULEB Cup
2008–09	1	TBL	3rd	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eurocup	L16
2009–10	1	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eurocup	L16
2010–11	1	TBL	10th		Group Stage	EuroChallenge	RS
2011–12	1	TBL	9th		Group Stage	EuroChallenge	RS
2012–13	1	TBL	13th		Group Stage
2013–14	1	TBL	11th		Quarterfinalist
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	EuroCup	RS
2019–20	1	BSL	10th 1	- 1	Semifinalist	Champions League	QF
2020–21	1	BSL	6th	Quarterfinalist		Champions League	PO
2021–22	1	BSL	11th			EuroCup	8F
2022–23	1	BSL	1st	Semifinalist		EuroCup	RU
2023–24	1	BSL	8th	Quarterfinalist		EuroCup	8F
2024–25	1	BSL	10th	Quarterfinalist		EuroCup	QF

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References

1. "Türkiye Basketbol 1. Ligi'nde şampiyon Türk Telekom". aa.com.tr (in Turkish). April 1, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
2. "ECA Board reviews commercial strategy, approves 2018-19 competitions team list". Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

External links

• Official Website (in Turkish)
• TBLStat.net Profile (in English)
• Eurobasket.com Page