Turkey women's national basketball team

Turkey

17

3 (26 August 2024)^[1]

Joined FIBA

1936

FIBA zone

National federation

Coach

Nickname(s)

Potanın Perileri
(Fairies of the Rim)

Appearances

2

2

Appearances

10

Medals

(2011)
(2013)

Home

Away

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 silver medal in 2011 and bronze medal in 2013.^[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	Did not qualify
Total		12	7	5

FIBA Women's World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2014	4th	6	4	2
2018	10th	4	1	3
2022	Did not qualify
2026	To be determined
2/19		10	5	5

EuroBasket Women

Year	Rank	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1938-2003	Did not qualify or Did not enter
2005	8th	8	2	6	593	633	-40
2007	9th	6	2	4	394	432	-38
2009	9th	6	3	3	372	395	-23
2011		9	5	4	545	538	+7
2013		9	7	2	592	484	+108
/ 2015	5th	10	8	2	603	521	+82
2017	5th	6	5	1	410	388	+22
/ 2019	14th	3	1	2	168	177	-9
/ 2021	14th	3	0	3	162	199	-37
/ 2023	14th	3	1	2	198	219	-21
/// 2025	To be determined
/ 2027	To be determined
10/41		63	34	29	4037	3986	+51

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1987		–	–	–
1997		–	–	–
2005		4	4	0
2009	5th	5	3	2
2013	Cancelled
2018		3	1	2
2022
Total		12	8	4

Team

Current roster

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

Turkey women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club	Ctr.
SG	2	Sevgi Uzun	25 – (1997-11-25)25 November 1997	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Dallas Wings
SF	3	Feride Akalan	21 – (2001-10-14)14 October 2001	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Nesibe Aydın GSK
PG	4	Olcay Çakır (C)	29 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Fenerbahçe
SF	6	Gökşen Fitik	21 – (2001-08-11)11 August 2001	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Çukurova Basketbol
C	7	Teaira McCowan	26 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Galatasaray
PG	10	Alperi Onar	27 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Fenerbahçe
PF	11	Elif Bayram	21 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Beşiktaş
PG	14	Derin Erdogan	20 – (2002-06-28)28 June 2002	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Northeastern Huskies
PF	15	Tilbe Şenyürek	28 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Gorzów
PF	23	Meltem Yıldızhan	23 – (1999-08-05)5 August 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Galatasaray
C	28	İlayda Güner	23 – (1999-11-05)5 November 1999	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Nesibe Aydın GSK
C	33	Esra Ural	31 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Çukurova Basketbol

Head coach

Ekrem Memnun

Assistant coach(es)

Osman Olcay Orak
Nevriye Yılmaz

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 15 June 2023

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

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".
^ "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".
^ "Millilerimizin 12 Kişilik Avrupa Şampiyonası Kadrosu Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). tbf.org.tr. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^ "Team Roster: Turkey" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 16. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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