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Wikipedia - İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K.
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. (English: Istanbul Technical University Basketball Club), commonly abbreviated as İTÜ BK or simply İTÜ, is a Turkish professional basketball club that is based in Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the most successful clubs in the history of the Turkish Basketball League, having won the league championship five times. Their home arena is the ITU Ayazaga Sports Center in Istanbul Technical University's Maslak campus.
Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years are İbrahim Kutluay, Harun Erdenay and Hüseyin Alp.
History
The ITÜ basketball team was founded by former president of the Istanbul Technical University İlhami Civaoğlu and ITU graduate Nami Sukal in 1953. The team participated at the first Turkish Basketball League in the 1966–67 season. The golden era of the club was between 1967 and 1973. During this period, the team won 5 out of 6 national championships. After 1973, İTÜ gradually declined and relegated to the second league for the first time in the 1977–78 season. The team played first-tier basketball between 1979 and 1994, 1996–1998, 1999–2000 and 2001–2006. They were known as "Raks İTÜ" in 1996–97 and "Aras İTÜ" in the 2003–04 season. In the 2010–11 season, İTÜ once again was relegated to the third-tier but returned to the second league in the 2012–13 season. However, the club faced two successive relegations between 2014 and 2016 and ended up in the Regional Basketball League.
L'ITU Basketbol Kulübü, également connu sous le nom d'ITU BK, est un club professionnel de basket-ball basé à Istanbul, en Turquie. Fondé en 1953, l'ITU BK est l'un des clubs les plus titrés du pays, ayant remporté 10 championnats de Turquie et 8 coupes de Turquie.
L'équipe évolue actuellement dans la Süper Ligi, le championnat de basket-ball de première division en Turquie. Elle est connue pour son jeu rapide et offensif, ainsi que pour son fort soutien des fans.
Parmi les anciens joueurs notables d'ITU BK figurent Hüseyin Beşok, Kerem Tunçeri, Mirsad Türkcan et Ömer Aşık. Le club a également accueilli de nombreux joueurs étrangers talentueux, notamment Nick Fazekas, Jamal Shuler et Lester Hudson.
L'ITU BK dispute ses matchs à domicile à l'Ayhan Şahenk Spor Salonu, une salle de 7 500 places située dans le campus de l'Université technique d'Istanbul. L'équipe est soutenue par une base de fans passionnée et dévouée, qui crée une atmosphère électrique lors des matchs à domicile.
Avec son palmarès impressionnant, son style de jeu divertissant et son soutien loyal des fans, l'ITU BK est un incontournable du basket-ball turc et une force à ne pas sous-estimer sur la scène européenne.