# Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team

The Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for men. The team is nicknamed "12 Cesur Yürek" (literally "12 Brave Hearts").

## History

The national team won a bronze medal (2014) at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship and became three times runner-up (2009, 2013, 2015) and once champion (2017) at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship.

## Current roster

Team roster at the Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics:
Staff :
| Head coach | Tacettin Çıpa |
| Assistant coach | Ahmet Akın |
| Assistant coach | Ali Arda Öztürk |
| # | Name | Date of birth and age | Class. | Pos. | Club |
| 1 | Kaan Kemal Şafak | (1993-05-01) May 1, 1993 (age 31) | 4.0 | PG | TSK Karagücü SK |
| 3 | Kaan Dalay | (1981-07-26) July 26, 1981 (age 43) | 2.0 | SG | Beşiktaş JK |
| 5 | Özgür Gürbulak (C) | (1981-04-30) April 30, 1981 (age 43) | 4.0 | F | Beşiktaş JK |
| 7 | Uğur Toprak | (1992-07-19) July 19, 1992 (age 32) | 3.0 | SG | Balıkesir BBSK |
| 9 | Deniz Acar | (1976-01-09) January 9, 1976 (age 48) | 2.5 | F | Beşiktaş JK |
| 10 | Cem Gezinci | (1985-09-01) September 1, 1985 (age 39) | 4.5 | F | Beşiktaş JK |
| 11 | Fikri Gündoğdu | (1985-06-15) June 15, 1985 (age 39) | 1.0 | SG | Galatasaray SK |
| 13 | Yasin Cırgaoğlu | (1985-07-27) July 27, 1985 (age 39) | | PF | Beşiktaş JK |
| 15 | Selim Sayak | (1983-01-26) January 26, 1983 (age 41) | | SG | Kardemir Karabükspor |
| 35 | Ferit Gümüş | (1981-01-01) January 1, 1981 (age 43) | 3.0 | SG | Beşiktaş JK |
| 77 | İsmail Ar | (1985-10-28) October 28, 1985 (age 38) | 1.5 | F | Galatasaray SK |
| 99 | İbrahim Yavuz | (1986-10-14) October 14, 1986 (age 37) | 4.0 | SG | KKTCell SK |

## Competitions
### European Championship

| Year | Position | W | L |
| 2009 | | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5th | 6 | 2 |
| 2013 | | 7 | 1 |
| 2015 | | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 12th | | |
| Total | 6/24 | 38 | 10 |

### World Championship

| Year | Position | W | L |
| 2010 | 8th | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 8th | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 3/13 | 9 | 15 |

### Paralympics

| Year | Position | W | L |
| 2012 | 7th | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4th | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6th | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 3/14 | 12 | 11 |

## Past Rosters

* 2017 European Championship: finished champion among 12 teams
    #1 Deniz Acar, #3 Kaan Dalay, #5 Özgür Gürbulak, #9 Uğur Toprak, #10 Cem Gezinci, #11 Fikri Gündoğdu, #15 Selim Sayak, #35 Ferit Gümüş, #55 Murat Aeslanoğlu, #61 Metin Bahçekapılı, #77 İsmail Ar, #99 |İbrahim Yavuz, Coach: Tacettin Çıpa.

## Turkey men's junior national wheelchair basketball team
### Current roster

This is the roster for the 2017 IWBF Men's U22 Wheelchair Basketball European Championship:
Head Coach: Mahmut Kemal Okur Assistant Coach: Caner Cesur Physiotherapist: Ali Imran Yalçın Mechanic: Haluk Taşınçay Companion: Gülcan Girgin
| # | Name | Class |
| 4 | Gürkan Taş | 2.0 |
| 5 | Halil İbrahim Bağlı | 3.5 |
| 6 | Mücahit Günaydın | 4.0 |
| 7 | Ahmet Efetürk | 4.0 |
| 8 | Burak Şrn | 1.5 |
| 9 | Dilara Barın Girgin | 1.0 |
| 10 | Enes Bulut | 4.0 |
| 11 | Volkan Gülem | 2.0 |
| 12 | Ali Kabakülekler | 1.0 |
| 13 | Mevlüt Erdenci | 4.0 |
| 14 | Ebu Bekir Kabakülekler | 1.0 |
| 15 | Ahmet Umut Can Dolaşan | 3.5 |

### IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

| Year | Position | W | L |
| 1997 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2001 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2005 | 10th | | |
| 2009 | 5th | | |
| 2013 | 7th | 5 | 3 |
| 2017 | | | |