Turkey women's national basketball team

' Turkey women's national basketball team'
FIBA Ranking	21th
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA Zone	FIBA Europe
National Federation	Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF)
Coach	Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri (Fairies of Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances	0
Medals	None
World Championships
Appearances	0
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	4
Medals	2011
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 2005 Silver: 1987, 1997
Uniforms
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The Turkey national women’s basketball team is the basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for women.

Current roster

This is the roster for the EuroBasket Women 2011:

Position	Player	Born	Height	Current Club
Guard	Nilay Yiğit	1979	1.72	Beşiktaş Cola Turka
Guard	Birsel Vardarlı	1984	1.75	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Guard	Işıl Alben	1986	1.72	Galatasaray
Guard	Tuğba Palazoğlu	1980	1.72	Galatasaray
Guard	Seda Erdoğan	1987	1.75	Tarsus Belediyesi
Forward	Gülşah Akkaya	1977	1.81	Samsun Basket
Forward	Şaziye İvegin-Karslı	1982	1.83	Galatasaray
Forward	Bahar Çağlar	1988	1.88	Galatasaray
Forward/Center	Yasemin Horasan	1983	1.87	Beşiktaş Cola Turka
Forward/Center	Naile İvegin	1985	1.85	Tarsus Belediye
Center	Nevriye Yılmaz	1980	1.94	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Center	Nevin Nevlin	1985	1.95	Fenerbahçe İstanbul

Competitive record

FIBA World Championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1953 to 2010	Did not qualify
2014	Qualified	–	–	–
Total		0	0	0

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1936 to 2008	Did not qualify
2012	Qualified	–	–	–
Total		0	0	0

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1951 to 83	Did not qualify
1987	02 !	–	–	–
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1997	02 !	–	–	–
2001	Did not qualify
2005	01 !	4	4	0
2009	5th	5	3	2
2013	Qualified	–	–	–
Total		–	–	–

EuroBasket

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1938 to 2003	Did not qualify
2005	8th	8	2	6
2007	9th	6	2	4
2009	9th	6	3	3
2011	02 !	9	5	4
2013	Qualified	–	–	–
Total		29	12	17

Past Rosters

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, Dürdane 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)

External links

• Turkey Basketball Federation official website (in Turkish)