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| Formerly | Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L) |
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| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 2011 |
| No. of teams | 20 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Confederation | Turkish Basketball Federation |
| Most recent champion(s) | TED Ankara Kolejliler (1st title) |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotion to | TBL |
| Relegation to | EBBL |
| Official website | Link |
The Turkish Basketball Second League, also called TB2L, is the third-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously called the Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L).
There are a total of 15 teams participating in the league for the TB2L 2019–20 season. Each team plays each other in their group twice during the regular season. The top 8 teams from each group qualify to an elimination round (best of 3 games). Winners in elimination games qualify to the Quarterfinals (best of 3 games). Winners in the quarterfinals qualify to a final group (round robin). The top two teams in the final group are promoted to the second-tier level Turkish Basketball First League (TBL) for the next season.
| Season | Champions | Runners-up |
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| 2012–13 | Trabzonspor | Uşak Univ. |
| 2013–14 | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor |
| 2014–15 | Yeşilgiresun Belediye | Tüyap Büyükçekmece |
| 2015–16 | Tofaş | Best Balıkesir |
| 2016–17 | Sakarya BB | Eskişehir |
| 2017–18 | Final Spor | Manisa Büyükşehir Belediye |
| 2018–19 | Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket | Bornova Belediyespor |
| 2020–21 | TED Ankara Kolejliler | Mersin BBGSK |
| Team [1] | City |
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| Afyon Belediye S.K. | Afyonkarahisar |
| Büyük Anadolu | Ankara |
| Çağdaş Bodrum | Muğla |
| Diyarbakır Basketbol Ateşi | Diyarbakır |
| Gaziantep Gençlik Gelişim Basketbol | Gaziantep |
| Gençlik Spor Vakfı | Ankara |
| İlkler Şehri Uşak Basketbol | Uşak |
| İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi | İstanbul |
| İstanbul Efendileri Basketbol | İstanbul |
| Kadıköy Basketbol | İstanbul |
| Karşıyaka Belediyesi | İzmir |
| Lima | İstanbul |
| NEF Vakfı | İstanbul |
| Özel Gelişim Koleji | İzmir |
| Samsun Basketbol Akademi | Samsun |
| Sertaş | Adana |
| Teşvikiye | İstanbul |
| Üsküdar Belediyesi | İstanbul |
| Vefa | İstanbul |
| Yeni Sincan | Ankara |
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