Turkey women's national basketball team

Turkey
FIBA ranking	7 1
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Turkish Basketball Federation
Coach	Ekrem Memnun
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri (Fairies of Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
Women's World Cup
Appearances	1
EuroBasket
Appearances	6
Medals	(2011)
Uniforms
Home Away

The Turkish women's national basketball team, is the basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for women.

Competitive record

FIBA World Championship Year Position Pld W L 1953 to 2010 Did not qualify 2014 4th 6 4 2 Total 6 4 2 Olympic Games Year Position Pld W L 1936 to 2008 Did not qualify 2012 5th 6 4 2 2016 6th 6 3 3 Total 12 7 5 Mediterranean Games Year Position Pld W L 1951 to 83 Did not qualify 1987 – – – 1991 Did not qualify 1993 Did not qualify 1997 – – – 2001 Did not qualify 2005 4 4 0 2009 5th 5 3 2 2013 Cancelled Total 9 7 2

EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L 1938 to 2003 Did not qualify 2005 8th 8 2 6 2007 9th 6 2 4 2009 9th 6 3 3 2011 9 5 4 2013 9 7 2 2015 5th 10 8 2 2017 Total 48 27 21

Team

Current roster

The following is the Turkey roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Turkey women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 4 Çakır, Olcay 23 – 13 July 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe PF 5 Canıtez, Tuğçe 25 – 10 November 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Fenerbahçe PG 7 Vardarlı, Birsel 32 – 12 July 1984 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe C 8 Ural, Esra 24 – 18 August 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Abdullah Gül PF 9 Çağlar, Bahar 27 – 28 September 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray PG 10 Alben, Işıl 30 – 22 February 1986 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Galatasaray C 11 Yılmaz, Nevriye 36 – 16 June 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Galatasaray C 12 Sanders, LaToya 29 – 11 September 1986 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Abdullah Gül SG 13 Cora, Ayşe 23 – 3 March 1993 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Beşiktaş F 14 İvegin, Şaziye 34 – 8 February 1982 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Beşiktaş PF 15 Şenyürek, Tilbe 21 – 26 April 1995 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Botaşspor PF 33 Kimyacıoğlu, Şebnem 33 – 14 June 1983 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Yakın Doğu	Head coach Ekrem Memnun Assistant coach(es) Aziz Akkaya Murat Bilge Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

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, Dürdane 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: Ekrem Memnun)

See also

• Turkish women in sports
• Turkey women's national under-19 basketball team
• Turkey women's national under-17 basketball team
• Turkey women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "Memnun adds Ural to Turkey's Olympic roster". FIBA. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile