Wikipedia - 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.
Domovskou arénou Türk Telekomu je Ankara Arena, ktorá má kapacitu 10 400 miest. Klub je známy svojou silnou fanúšikovskou základňou a intenzívnou atmosférou domácich zápasov.
Türk Telekom vyhral niekoľko významných titulov, vrátane štyroch titulov tureckej Basketbalovej superligy, štyroch pohárov Turecka a jedného titulu EuroChallenge. Klub má tiež bohatú históriu účasti v európskych súťažiach, vrátane Euroligy a Pohára FIBA.
Súčasný káder Türk Telekomu tvoria talentovaní domáci a medzinárodní hráči, ktorí sú známi svojou rýchlou hrou, agresívnou obranou a streleckými schopnosťami. Hlavným trénerom tímu je Erdem Can.
Türk Telekom je jedným z najpopulárnejších a najúspešnejších basketbalových klubov v Turecku. Tím má silnú históriu, talentovaný káder a oddanú fanúšikovskú základňu, čo z neho robí vzrušujúci a konkurencieschopný tím v tureckej Basketbalovej superlige a európskych súťažiach.