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.
Türk Telekom blev grundlagt i 1954 og har vundet otte nationale mesterskaber, senest i 2015. Holdet har også vundet tre tyrkiske pokaler og en Præsidentpokal.
I europæiske konkurrencer har Türk Telekom konkurreret i EuroLeague, EuroCup og FIBA Europe Cup. Holdet nåede EuroCup-finalen i 2010, men tabte til Valencia Basket.
Türk Telekom spiller sine hjemmekampe i Ankara Arena, som har en kapacitet på 10.400 tilskuere.