Turkey women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Turkey men's national basketball team.

The Turkey women's national basketball team (Turkish: Türkiye kadın millî basketbol takımı) 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]

Turkey

FIBA ranking	14 (15 February 2024)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	TBF
Coach	Ekrem Memnun
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri (Fairies of the Rim)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
World Cup
Appearances	2
EuroBasket
Appearances	10
Medals	(2011) (2013)
Home Away

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2012	5th	6	4	2
2016	6th	6	3	3
2020	Did not qualify
2024	To be determined
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
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) Botaş SK   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

• Turkey women's national under-20 basketball team
• Turkey women's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team
• Turkey women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team
• Turkey women's national 3x3 team

References

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

External links

 

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