Turkey women's national basketball team

Turkey
FIBA ranking	16 1 (8 August 2025)
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	TBF
Coach	Andrea Mazzon
Nickname(s)	Potanın Perileri; (Fairies of the Basket)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
World Cup
Appearances	2
EuroBasket
Appearances	11
Medals	(2011); (2013);
Home	Away

The Turkey women's national basketball team 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]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2012	5th	6	4	2
2016	6th	6	3	3
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total		12	7	5

FIBA Women's World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1953	did not enter
1957
1959
1964
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	4th	6	4	2
2018	10th	4	1	3
2022	Did not qualify
2026	Qualified
3/20		10	5	5

EuroBasket Women

Year	Rank	M	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1938	Did not enter
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
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	7th	6	3	3	489	456	+33
/// 2027	To be determined
11/41		69	37	32	4526	4442	+84

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1987		–	–	–
1997		–	–	–
2001	4th	6	3	3
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 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments.^[4]

Turkey women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	2	Sevgi Uzun	28 – (1997-11-25)25 November 1997	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Fenerbahçe
PG	4	Olcay Çakır (C)	32 – (1993-07-13)13 July 1993	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Fenerbahçe
SF	6	Gökşen Fitik	24 – (2001-08-11)11 August 2001	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Galatasaray
SG	8	Ayşe Cora	33 – (1993-03-03)3 March 1993	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Galatasaray
PG	10	Alperi Onar	30 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Fenerbahçe
PF	11	Elif Bayram	24 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Galatasaray
PF	12	Zeynep Şevval Gül	25 – (2001-01-01)1 January 2001	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Galatasaray
PG	17	Derin Erdoğan	23 – (2002-06-28)28 June 2002	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Galatasaray
SF	20	Sinem Ataş	31 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	ÇBK Mersin
G	22	Kennedy Burke	29 – (1997-02-14)14 February 1997	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	ÇBK Mersin
PF	30	Melek Uzunoğlu	23 – (2002-03-26)26 March 2002	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Emlak Konut
C	33	Esra Ural	34 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	ÇBK Mersin

Head coach

Andrea Mazzon

Assistant coach(es)

Murat Alkaş
Fatih Gezer

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 11 March 2026

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, 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)

2018 FIBA World Championship for Women: finished 10th among 16 teams

Asena Yalçın, Ayşe Cora, Olcay Çakır, Cansu Köksal, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben (C), Tuğçe Canıtez, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Tilbe Şenyürek, Merve Aydın, İlayda Güner, Esra Ural (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)

2019 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams

Asena Yalçın, Pelin Bilgiç, Ayşe Cora, Olcay Çakır, Cansu Köksal, Bahar Çağlar, Işıl Alben, Tuğçe Canıtez, Tilbe Şenyürek, İnci Güçlü, Esra Ural, Kiah Stokes (Coach: Osman Orak)

2021 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams

Pelin Bilgiç, Sevgi Uzun, Olcay Çakır, Melis Gülcan, Bahar Çağlar, Tuğçe Canıtez, Quanitra Hollingsworth, Meltem Yıldızhan, İnci Güçlü, Alperi Onar, Esra Ural Topuz, Gökşen Fitik (Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu)

2023 EuroBasket : finished 14th among 16 teams

Sevgi Uzun, Feride Akalan, Olcay Çakır (C), Gökşen Fitik, Teaira McCowan, Alperi Onar, Elif Bayram, Derin Erdoğan, Tilbe Şenyürek, Meltem Yıldızhan, İlayda Güner, Esra Ural, (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)

2025 EuroBasket : finished 7th among 16 teams

Elif İstanbulluoğlu, Sevgi Uzun, Olcay Çakır (C), Gökşen Fitik, Teaira McCowan, Pelin Bilgiç, Alperi Onar, Elif Bayram, Tilbe Şenyürek, Derin Erdoğan, Sinem Ataş, Esra Ural (Coach: Ekrem Memnun)

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
^ "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".
^ "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".
^ "Millilerimizin 12 Kişilik Dünya Kupası Elemeleri Kadrosu Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 12 March 2026.

External links

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

[2] "Women Basketball European Championships Archive".

[3] "Women Basketball European Championships Qualifications Archive".

[4] "Millilerimizin 12 Kişilik Dünya Kupası Elemeleri Kadrosu Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 12 March 2026.

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