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

## Home arenas

* 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.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Kyle Alexander | Mahir Agva | | |
| PF | Yoan Makoundou | Berkan Durmaz | Kay Bruhnke | |
| SF | Anthony Brown | Javon Bess | Kaan Berk Tarla | Vassilis Charalampopoulos |
| SG | Braian Angola | Olivier Hanlan | Melih Tunca | |
| PG | Speedy Smith | İsmet Akpınar | | |

### 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

* Turkish Basketball Cup
** Winners (1): 2007-08
* Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup
** Winners (2): 1997, 2008
* EuroCup
** Runners-up (1): 2022–23

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Turkish Cup | European Competitions | 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 | Played 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 | – | 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 |
    ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.