History 1953 – Present Location Istanbul Founded 1953 Championships 5 | Arena Capacity 2,500 Team colors Maroon-white Color Maroon-white | |
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Leagues Turkish Basketball Second League Arena ITU Ayazaga Sports Center | ||
Istanbul Technical University basketball team is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Istanbul. It is one of the most successful club in the history of the Turkish Basketball League, having won the league's championship 5 times. Their home arena is the ITU Ayazaga Sports Center in ITU's Maslak campus.
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Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years are İbrahim Kutluay, Harun Erdenay and Huseyin Alp.
History
ITU basketball team was founded by the former president of Istanbul Technical University Ilhami Civaoglu and ITU graduate Nami Sukal in 1953. The team participated to the first Turkish Basketball league in the 1966-67 season. The golden era of the club was between 1967 and 1973. During this period. the team managed to win 5 of 6 the national championships. After 1973, İTÜ gradually declined and relegated to the second-tier for the first time in 1977-78 season. The team played first-tier basketball between 1979-1994, 1996-1998, 1999-2000 and 2001-2006. It was known as "Raks İTÜ" in 1996-97 and "Aras İTÜ" in the 2003-2004 season. In the 2010-11 season, İTÜ once again was relegated to the third-tier but returned to the second-tier in 2012-13 season. However, İTU faced with 2 successive relegations between 2014 and 2016 and ended up in the Regional Basketball League.