Can Erol: Outcomes of Patience: Silver Medal and Hopes for the Future

That was a very busy and annoying Sunday because of the referendum and the final day of World Basket 2010. Turkey had played a great tournament by surpassing all of its rivals until the final game. The rival, United States, was also unbeaten up to that date. However, Turkey had had a very challenging semi-final … Read more

There just could not be that much happines. Turkey loses against US in the FIBA final…

Turkey’s players display their silver medals after their FIBA Basketball World Championship final game against USA in Istanbul, September 12, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Murad Sezer Durant and U.S. Beat Turkey for FIBA World Championship from NYT > Turkey by By PETE THAMEL Kevin Durant scored 28 points to lead the United States to a … Read more

#12devadam Becomes a worldwide Twitter trend…

12 Dev Adam (12 Giant Men) is nickname for the Turkey’s National Basketball team… Trending: Worldwide Jacory Harris Tio Caps Lock Powerpuff Girls God Bless America Twin Towers #songsiwillnevergettiredof #neverforget #12devadam Pryor

A Night of Victory: Turkey passes Serbia to play the final against US in FIBA 2010

and in the mean time Beşiktaş wins the league game: 4-0 During the last week Turkish national football team did also win against Belgium… Host Turkey edges Serbia to reach FIBA final vs. USA USA Today All FIBA cheerleader photos taken from here Religion and politics trump basketball for Turks from FT.com – World, Europe … Read more

Can: At last, there is a real rival: Slovenia

Turkey’s head coach Bogdan Tanjevic reacts, foreground, during their World Basketball Championship round of 16 match against France in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010.? Read more »(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta) Turkey has been showing a fantastic performance with the start of the tournament. It can be easily seen that we are making the toughest defence … Read more

“Beşiktaş squad of 2010/11 season after the final arrival (Fatih Tekke)

Beşiktaş squad of 2010/11 season from Since1903.org Besiktas JK Fan Site Besiktas Black Eagles signed with 7 new players and released total of 9 players in the summer transfer season of 2010-2011. Arrivals (7): Jose Maria Gutierrez Hernandez ??Guti?? (Real Madrid) Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (Inter) Roberto Hilbert (Stuttgart) Cenk Gönen (Denizlispor) Ersan Adem Gülüm … Read more

Can Erol: FIBA 2010- Everything is going fantastic now!

Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Championship game in Ankara August 31, 2010.? Read more » Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Championship game in Ankara August 31, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Mark Blinc World Basket 2010 Turkey is now on … Read more

Can: Adidas İstanbul Cup is Over!

A scene from the Turkey-Serbia warm-up match. 2010 FIBA Basketball World Cup is approaching and Turkish National team is continuing its preparation for the tournament. There had been a classical camping period in Bormio, Italy, however head coach Bogdan Tanjevic was away from the team as he had a serious operation regarding his colon cancer. … Read more