Turkey women's national basketball team

Turkey

FIBA ranking	7 1
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Turkish Basketball Federation
Coach	Ekrem Memnun
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri (Fairies of Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
World Cup
Appearances	1
EuroBasket
Appearances	6
Medals	(2011)
Home Away

The Turkish women's national basketball team, is the basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for women.

Competitive record

FIBA World Championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1953 to 2010	Did not qualify
2014	4th	6	4	2
Total		6	4	2

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1936 to 2008	Did not qualify
2012	5th	6	4	2
2016	6th	6	3	3
Total		12	7	5

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1951 to 83	Did not qualify
1987		–	–	–
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1997		–	–	–
2001	Did not qualify
2005		4	4	0
2009	5th	5	3	2
2013	Cancelled
Total		9	7	2

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		9	5	4
2013		9	7	2
2015	5th	10	8	2
2017
Total		48	27	21

Team

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, 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)

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: Ekrem Memnun)

See also

• Turkish women in sports
• Turkey women's national under-19 basketball team
• Turkey women's national under-17 basketball team
• Turkey women's national 3x3 team

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile