Turkey women's national basketball team

Turkey
FIBA ranking	9 1 (6 December 2021)
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	TBF
Coach	Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri; (Fairies of the Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
World Cup
Appearances	2
EuroBasket
Appearances	9
Medals	(2011); (2013);
Home	Away

The Turkey women's national basketball team is the women's basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions. The Turkish team has won one bronze and one silver medal in EuroBasket tournaments.^[2]^[3]

Competitive record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2012	5th	6	4	2
2016	6th	6	3	3
2020	Did not qualify
2024	May qualify
Total		12	7	5

FIBA World Championship[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2014	4th	6	4	2
2018	10th	4	1	3
2022	Did not qualify
2/18		10	5	5

EuroBasket[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
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	5th	6	5	1
/ 2019	14th	3	1	2
/ 2021	14th	3	0	3
/ 2023	May qualify
9/38		60	33	27

Mediterranean Games[]

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1987		–	–	–
1997		–	–	–
2005		4	4	0
2009	5th	5	3	2
2013	Cancelled
Total		9	7	2

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023 Qualifiers.^[4]^[5]

Turkey women's national basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	1	Pelin Bilgiç	27 – (1994-07-15)15 July 1994	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Galatasaray
G	2	Sevgi Uzun	24 – (1997-11-25)25 November 1997	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ormanspor
F	3	Manolya Kurtulmuş	23 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Fenerbahçe
G	4	Olcay Çakır Turgut	28 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Fenerbahçe
F	5	Melis Gülcan	25 – (1996-05-28)28 May 1996	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Galatasaray
G	6	Gökşen Fitik	20 – (2001-08-11)11 August 2001	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ormanspor
F	9	Bahar Çağlar Ökten	33 – (1988-09-28)28 September 1988	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hatayspor
F	12	Tuğçe Canıtez	31 – (1990-11-10)10 November 1990	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Fenerbahçe
G	23	Merve Aydin	27 – (1994-03-10)10 March 1994	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Galatasaray
G	25	Alperi Onar	25 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Fenerbahçe
C	33	Esra Ural Topuz	30 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Çukurova Basketbol
C	41	Kiah Stokes	28 – (1993-03-30)30 March 1993	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Fenerbahçe

Head coach

Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu

Assistant coach(es)

Olcay Orak
Erman Okerman
Ömer Buharalı

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 30 December 2021

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, , 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, , 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

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

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

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".
^ "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".
^ "A Kadın Milli Takımımızın 12 Kişilik Kadrosu Belli Oldu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). 10 November 2021.
^ "Team Roster Turkey". fiba.basketball. 10 November 2021.

External links[]

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[2] "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".

[3] "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".

[4] "A Kadın Milli Takımımızın 12 Kişilik Kadrosu Belli Oldu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). 10 November 2021.

[5] "Team Roster Turkey". fiba.basketball. 10 November 2021.

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