Turkey women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Turkey men's national basketball team.

Turkey

FIBA ranking	16 1 (8 August 2025) [1]
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	TBF
Coach	Ekrem Memnun
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri (Fairies of the Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
World Cup
Appearances	2
EuroBasket
Appearances	11
Medals	(2011) (2013)
Home Away

Roster in November 2024

The Turkey women's national basketball team is the women's basketball side that represents Turkey in international tournaments. They have come away from the EuroBasket tournaments with a silver medal in 2011 and bronze medal in 2013. ^{[2] [3]}

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2012	5th	6	4	2
2016	6th	6	3	3
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total		12	7	5

FIBA Women's World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1953	did not enter
1957
1959
1964
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	4th	6	4	2
2018	10th	4	1	3
2022	Did not qualify
2026	To be determined
2/19		10	5	5

EuroBasket Women

Year	Rank	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1938	Did not enter
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	8th	8	2	6	593	633	-40
2007	9th	6	2	4	394	432	-38
2009	9th	6	3	3	372	395	-23
2011		9	5	4	545	538	+7
2013		9	7	2	592	484	+108
/ 2015	5th	10	8	2	603	521	+82
2017	5th	6	5	1	410	388	+22
/ 2019	14th	3	1	2	168	177	-9
/ 2021	14th	3	0	3	162	199	-37
/ 2023	14th	3	1	2	198	219	-21
/ / / 2025	7th	6	3	3	489	456	+33
/ / / 2027	To be determined
11/41		69	37	32	4526	4442	+84

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1987		–	–	–
1997		–	–	–
2001	4th	6	3	3
2005		4	4	0
2009	5th	5	3	2
2013	Cancelled
2018		3	1	2
2022
Total		12	8	4

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2025. ^{[4] [5]}

Turkey women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 1 Elif İstanbulluoğlu 20 – (2005-04-04)4 April 2005 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Louisville Cardinals SG 2 Sevgi Uzun 27 – (1997-11-25)25 November 1997 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Fenerbahçe PG 4 Olcay Çakır  (C) 31 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe SF 6 Gökşen Fitik 23 – (2001-08-11)11 August 2001 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Galatasaray C 7 Teaira McCowan 28 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Dallas Wings PG 9 Pelin Bilgiç 30 – (1994-07-15)15 July 1994 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Beşiktaş PG 10 Alperi Onar 29 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Fenerbahçe PF 11 Elif Bayram 23 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Galatasaray PF 15 Tilbe Şenyürek 30 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe PG 17 Derin Erdogan 22 – (2002-06-28)28 June 2002 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Galatasaray SF 20 Sinem Ataş 30 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Çukurova Basketbol C 33 Esra Ural 33 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Çukurova Basketbol	Head coach Ekrem Memnun Assistant coach(es) Firat Okul Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 18 June 2025

Past rosters

Turkey (red kit) vs. Czech Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Turkey (white kit) vs. Serbia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

2005 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Birsel Vardarlı, Müjde Yüksel, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Aylin Yıldızoğlu, Nevriye Yılmaz, Serap Yücesir, Yasemin Horasan, Arzu Bildirir, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Gülşah Akkaya, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Didem Sarıca, Yasemin Horasan, Bahar Çağlar, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Yasemen Saylar, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Gülşah Gümüşay, Sariye Gökçe, Melek Bilge, Naile İvegin, Yasemin Horasan, Nevin Nevlin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Nilay Yiğit, Birsel Vardarlı, Işıl Alben, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Seda Erdoğan, Gülşah Akkaya, Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Bahar Çağlar, Yasemin Horasan, Naile Ivegin, Nevriye Yılmaz, Nevin Nevlin, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Tuğba Palazoğlu, Tuğçe Canıtez, Ayşegül Günay, Birsel Vardarlı, Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Naile Çırak, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Şaziye İvegin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2014 FIBA World Championship for Women: finished 4th among 16 teams

Tuğba Palazoğlu, Tuğçe Canıtez, Cansu Köksal, Birsel Vardarlı, Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, LaToya Pringle, Tilbe Şenyürek, Şaziye İvegin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2015 EuroBasket : finished 5th among 20 teams

Pınar Demirok, Tuğçe Canıtez, Cansu Köksal, Birsel Vardarlı, Olcay Çakır, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Lara Sanders, Ayşe Cora, Tilbe Şenyürek, Şaziye İvegin, (Coach: Sevgi Karasu)

2017 EuroBasket : finished 5th among 16 teams

Pelin Bilgiç, Ayşe Cora, Olcay Çakır, Birsel Vardarlı, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Tuğçe Canıtez, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Şaziye İvegin, Tilbe Şenyürek, Cansu Köksal, Esra Ural, (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)

2019 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams

2023 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams

Sevgi Uzun, Feride Akalan, Olcay Çakır (C), Gökşen Fitik, Teaira McCowan, Alperi Onar, Elif Bayram, Derin Erdoğan, Tilbe Şenyürek, Meltem Yıldızhan, İlayda Güner, Esra Ural, (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)

See also

• Turkey national basketball team
• Turkey women's national under-20 basketball team
• Turkey women's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team
• Turkey women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team
• Turkey women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
2. "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".
3. "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".
4. "Millilerimizin 12 Kişilik Avrupa Şampiyonası Kadrosu Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
5. "Team roster: Turkey" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 16. Retrieved 17 June 2025.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile