Houston Rockets superstar Alperen Sengun headlines Turkiye’s preliminary roster for the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket, which will take place in late August – mid September.
The Turkish Basketball Federation officially announced the 16-man preliminary roster for the major FIBA tournament, which includes both EuroLeague and NBA players.
Aside from Alperen Sengun, head coach Ergin Ataman also selected Adem Bona, Berk Ugurlu, Cedi Osman, Ercan Osmani, Erkan Yilmaz, Furkan Korkmaz, Kenan Sipahi, Onuralp Bitim, Omer Yurtseven, Sarper Mutaf, Sertac Sanli, Sehmus Hazer, Yigit Arslan, Yigitcan Saybir, with Anadolu Efes supertar Shane Lakrin being the naturalized guard.
A Erkek Milli Takımımızın 16 kişilik aday kadrosu belli oldu! 🇹🇷
Ay-Yıldızlılarımız, 27 Ağustos-14 Eylül tarihlerinde düzenlenecek FIBA 2025 Avrupa Şampiyonası öncesi 26 Temmuz Cumartesi günü Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi’nde toplanarak hazırlıklarına başlayacak. #BizBirlikteyiz… pic.twitter.com/KjqrV3QCZt
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The Turkish national team will start its training camp on Saturday, July 26, while a month later they will travel to Riga to face hosts Latvia, Portugal, Estonia, Serbia and Czechia in the group stage.