Basketball

Basketball is also gaining popularity in Turkey. Turkey came second in European Basketball Championship in 2001 in Istanbul. Turkey also came ninth in the2002 FIBA World Championship. Four Turkish nationals, Ersan İlyasova, Hedo Türkoğlu, Mehmet Okur, and Semih Erden, have achieved success in the prestigious National Basketball Association of North America, generally considered the world’s top basketball league. Turkey’s greatest success in international basketball came when it hosted the 2010 FIBA World Championship, finishing second to the USA. Türkoğlu captained the side and made the all-tournament team. Turkey also advanced to the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, achieving a non-expected sixth place.Turkey_women’s_national_basketball_team won silver medal in EuroBasket_Women in 2011. Galatasaray Medical Park (women’s basketball) have won gold medal in FIBA EuroCup 2008-09 season and bronze medal in 2007-08 season also was runner up in 2009 FIBA European SuperCup Women .