Hedo Türkoğlu has played the highest number of games among all Turkish NBA players.The following is a list of Turkish players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This list also includes players who were born outside of Turkey but have represented the national team . Mirsad Türkcan is the first Turkish basketball player to play in the NBA.[1]
Pos. G F C Position Guard Forward Center
* Denotes player who is still active in the NBA
Players [ edit ] Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2022–23 season .
Player Pos. Team(s) played Career[a] Games played NBA draft Notes Ref. Regular season Playoffs Year (pick) Team Furkan Aldemir F/C Philadelphia 76ers 2014 –2016 41 0 2012 (53rd)Los Angeles Clippers [2] Ömer Aşık C/F Chicago Bulls Houston Rockets New Orleans Pelicans 2010 –2012 , 2018 2012 –2014 2014 –2018 471 37 2008 (36th)Portland Trail Blazers [3] Onuralp Bitim G/F Chicago Bulls 2023 –present 0 0 Undrafted — [4] Semih Erden C Boston Celtics Cleveland Cavaliers 2010–2011 2011 –2012 69 0 2008 (60th)Boston Celtics [5] Enes Kanter Freedom C/F Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder New York Knicks Portland Trail Blazers Boston Celtics 2011 –2015 2015 –2017 2017 –2019 2019 , 2020–2021 2019–2020 , 2021–2022 748 59 2011 (3rd)Utah Jazz Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, became a naturalized American citizen,[6] Turkey internationally. [7] Ersan İlyasova F Milwaukee Bucks Detroit Pistons Orlando Magic Oklahoma City Thunder Philadelphia 76ers Atlanta Hawks Utah Jazz 2005 -2007 , 2009 –2015 , 2018 –2020 2015–2016 2016 2016 2016 -2017 , 2018 2017 -2018 2021 825 52 2005 (36th)Milwaukee Bucks [8] Furkan Korkmaz G Philadelphia 76ers 2017 –present
293 33 2016 (26th) Philadelphia 76ers [9] İbrahim Kutluay G Seattle SuperSonics 2004–2005 5 0 Undrafted — [10] Shane Larkin G Dallas Mavericks New York Knicks Brooklyn Nets Boston Celtics 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2017–2018 256 13 2013 (18th)Atlanta Hawks Born in the United States , became a naturalized Turkish citizen, represents Turkey internationally.[11] [12] Mehmet Okur F/C Detroit Pistons Utah Jazz New Jersey Nets 2002 –2004 2004 –2011 2011–2012 634 71 2001 (38th)Detroit Pistons [13] Cedi Osman F Cleveland Cavaliers 2017 –present
404 19 2015 (31st) Cleveland Cavaliers Born in Republic of Macedonia to ethnic Turkish father and Turkish/Bosnian mother, represents Turkey internationally. [14] Alperen Şengün F/C Houston Rockets 2021 –present 147 0 2021 (16th)Oklahoma City Thunder [15] Mirsad Türkcan F New York Knicks Milwaukee Bucks 1999–2000 2000 17 2 1998 (18th)Houston Rockets Born in SFR Yugoslavia ,[b] Turkey internationally. [16] Hedo Türkoğlu F Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Orlando Magic Toronto Raptors Phoenix Suns Los Angeles Clippers 2000 –2003 2003–2004 2004 –2009 , 2010 –2014 2009–2010 2010 2014 –2015 997 109 2000 (16th)Sacramento Kings [17] Ömer Yurtseven C Miami Heat Utah Jazz 2021 –2023 2023 –present 65 17 Undrafted — Born in Uzbekistan to Turkish parents. [18]
Drafted but never played [ edit ] NBA champions [ edit ] Former NBA All-Star Game participants [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Mirsad Türkcan veda etti- CNN TÜRK - tarafsız güvenilir haberler" . Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-02-17 .^ "Furkan Aldemir Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Omer Asik Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Onuralp Bitim Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 11, 2023 .^ "Semih Erden Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Enes Kanter Freedom: NBA star changes name to celebrate US citizenship" . bbc.com . BBC. 30 November 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "Enes Kanter Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Ersan Ilyasova Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Furkan Korkmaz Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Ibo Kutluay Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Shane Larkin'in Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Vatandaşlık İşlemleri Tamamlandı" . tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Basketball Federation . February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .^ "Shane Larkin Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .^ "Mehmet Okur Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Cedi Osman Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Alperen Şengün Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "Mirsad Turkcan Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Hedo Turkoglu Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .^ "Omer Yurtseven Statistics" . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
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