Asım Pars (born Asim Paščanović; 1 April 1976 – 23 September 2024) was a Turkish professional basketball player. He stood 2.13 m tall and played as a center. He had a dual citizenship, Turkish and Bosnian.
Personal life and death
During the early 2000s, Pars married his girlfriend Amra Mehinović. The couple's first child, son Emre, was born in 2003. Their second child, daughter Saira, was born in 2010 in
Adana
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Mersin
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player Pars was in town for a game versus Adana Demirspor and his pregnant wife, who had accompanied him for the trip, unexpectedly went into labour.
On 23 September 2024, Pars' body was found at his family home in Tojšići, near Kalesija. He was 48. According to media reports,
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Interior Ministry and Kalesija Medical Center determined his death to have come about via suicide by hanging.