Arena Capacity 10,400 President Tahsin Yılmaz Founded 1954 | Location Ankara, Turkey Arena Ankara Arena | |
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Leagues Turkish Super League,
FIBA Europe Cup History PTT
(1991–1996)
Türk Telekom PTT
(1996–1998)
Türk Telekom
(1998–present) Team colors Sky Blue, Dark Blue and White Profiles | ||
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, which has a capacity of 10,400 seats, and which was opened in April 2010.
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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.