Turkey women's national basketball team

The Turkey women's national basketball team is the women's basketball side that represents Turkey in international tournaments. They have come away from the EuroBasket tournaments with a bronze medal in 2011 and silver medal in 2013.[2][3]

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Turkey men's national basketball team.

Turkey
FIBA ranking11 Steady (28 February 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1936
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationTBF
CoachCeyhun Yıldızoğlu
Nickname(s)Potanın Perileri
(Fairies of the Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances2
World Cup
Appearances2
EuroBasket
Appearances9
Medals
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Competitive record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023 Qualifiers.[4]

Turkey women's national basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub!Ctr.
SG 1 Pelin Bilgiç 28 – (1994-11-19)19 November 1994 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Galatasaray Turkey
SG 2 Sevgi Uzun 24 – (1997-11-25)25 November 1997 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Botaş Turkey
PG 4 Olcay Çakır Turgut 29 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
SF 5 Melis Gülcan 26 – (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Botaş Turkey
PF 6 Meltem Yıldızhan 23 – (1999-08-05)5 August 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Galatasaray Turkey
C 7 Teaira McCowan 26 – (1996-09-20)20 September 1996 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Galatasaray Turkey
SF 9 Bahar Çağlar Ökten 34 – (1988-09-28)28 September 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Emlak Konut Turkey
SG 10 Alperi Onar 26 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
F 11 Elif İstanbulluoğlu 17 – (2005-04-04)4 April 2005 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
SF 12 Tuğçe Canıtez 32 – (1990-11-10)10 November 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Hatay BŞB Turkey
PF 15 Tilbe Şenyürek 27 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski Poland
PG 16 Gökşen Fitik 21 – (2001-08-11)11 August 2001 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Turkey
Call-ups
PG Merve Aydin 28 – (1994-03-10)10 March 1994 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
C Quanitra Hollingsworth 34 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Turkey
C İlayda Güner 23 – (1999-11-05)5 November 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Nesibe Aydın Turkey
SF Feride Şevval Akalan 21 – (2001-10-14)14 October 2001 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Nesibe Aydın Turkey
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 November 2022

Roster

Past rosters
Turkey (red kit) vs. Czech Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Turkey (white kit) vs. Serbia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.

2005 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Birsel Vardarlı, Müjde Yüksel, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Aylin Yıldızoğlu, Nevriye Yılmaz, Serap Yücesir, Yasemin Horasan, Arzu Bildirir, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Gülşah Akkaya, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Didem Sarıca, Yasemin Horasan, Bahar Çağlar, Korel Engin, (Coach: Cem Akdağ)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Yasemen Saylar, Birsel Vardarlı, Nilay Yiğit, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Gülşah Gümüşay, Sariye Gökçe, Melek Bilge, Naile İvegin, Yasemin Horasan, Nevin Nevlin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Nilay Yiğit, Birsel Vardarlı, Işıl Alben, Tuğba Palazoğlu, Seda Erdoğan, Gülşah Akkaya, Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, Bahar Çağlar, Yasemin Horasan, Naile Ivegin, Nevriye Yılmaz, Nevin Nevlin, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Tuğba Palazoğlu, Tuğçe Canıtez, Ayşegül Günay, Birsel Vardarlı, Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Naile Çırak, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Şaziye İvegin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2014 FIBA World Championship for Women: finished 4th among 16 teams

Tuğba Palazoğlu, Tuğçe Canıtez, Cansu Köksal, Birsel Vardarlı, Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar, Esmeral Tunçluer, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, LaToya Pringle, Tilbe Şenyürek, Şaziye İvegin, Bahar Çağlar, (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2015 EuroBasket : finished 5th among 20 teams

Pınar Demirok, Tuğçe Canıtez, Cansu Köksal, Birsel Vardarlı, Olcay Çakır, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Nevriye Yılmaz, Lara Sanders, Ayşe Cora, Tilbe Şenyürek, Şaziye İvegin, (Coach: Sevgi Karasu)

2017 EuroBasket : finished 5th among 16 teams

Pelin Bilgiç, Ayşe Cora, Olcay Çakır, Birsel Vardarlı, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Tuğçe Canıtez, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Şaziye İvegin, Tilbe Şenyürek, Cansu Köksal, Esra Ural, (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)

2019 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".
  3. "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".
  4. "A Milli Kadın Basketbol Takımı kadrosu açıklandı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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