Turkey announce 12 player roster for the Olympic Qualifiers

Posted by: Jānis Kacēns 2012-06-19 20:23 in Featured, National Teams

Turkish Basketball Federation has announced the 12 players who will step on the court wearing Turkish NT jerseys in the Olympic Qualification tournament.

Ceyhun Yildizoglu will lead the following players in the tournament that will take place in Ankara, Turkey and will start on Monday.

Name	Height	Position	DOB	Club
Nevriye Yilmaz	194 cm	center	16.06.1980	Fenerbahce
Esmeral Tuncluer	176 cm	guard	07.06.1980	Fenerbahce
Birsel Vardarli	174 cm	guard	12.07.1984	Fenerbahce
Nilay Kartaltepe	172 cm	guard	13.01.1979	Botas
Tugba Palazoglu	170 cm	forward	04.12.1980	Mersin
Bahar Caglar	190 cm	forward	28.09.1988	Galatasaray MP
Isil Alben	170 cm	guard	22.02.1986	Galatasaray MP
Saziye Ivegin	183 cm	forward	08.02.1982	Galatasaray MP
Yasemin Horasan	187 cm	center	01.08.1983	Besiktas
Tugce Canitez	190 cm	forward	10.11.1990	Westmont University, USA
Begum Dalgalar	185 cm	forward	08.06.1988	Tarsus
Quanitra Hollingsworth	196 cm	center	15.11.1988	Uni Seat Gyor, Hungary

Among the final cuts were Nevin Nevlin and Gulsah Akkaya, two members of the EuroBasket Women 2011 silver medal winning squad.

Turkey are in group A with Puerto Rico and Japan.