Question: What Turkish city between the Karakum Desert and the Kopec Dag mountain range also boasts a famous Turkish basketball player?
Sentence (from "Karakum Desert"): The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara-Gum (Turkmen: Garagum , ; Russian: Караку́мы , "Karakumy"; ] ;), is a desert in Central Asia.
Relevant evidence: No