Ege Arar (born 2 September 1996) is a Turkish professional

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player for

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...

of the

Türkiye Basketbol Ligi The Turkish Basketball First League (; TBL), is Turkish basketball league system, the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously known as Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L). Format and pro ...

(TBL).

Early years

In 2010, Ege was selected to play for the Galatasaray Academy, after a try-out against 37 other competing players in his age group. Ege was selected to the Turkish junior national Under-16 team, and he played at the

2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 26th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, which was held in Latvia and Lithuania, from 19 to 29 July 2012. Turkey won the title for the third t ...

, where he won a gold medal. In 2014, after leading Galatasaray's Under-18 junior team in the Istanbul youth league to a third place finish, and Galatasaray's Under-20 junior team to the final of the Turkish Developmental League (Geliştirme Ligi), he was selected to the Turkish national under-18 team. He started in all of Turkey's games at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and won the gold medal at the tournament. Shortly after that, he was moved up to the senior men's club team of Galatasaray. He was initially given the jersey number 34, which was previously used by another former Galatasaray academy player, Doğukan Sönmez.

Professional career

Arar began his pro career during the 2014–15 season with the

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club Galatasaray. With Galatasaray, he won the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup championship during the 2015–16 season. On 12 July 2020, he signed with newly promoted Petkim Spor of the

Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League (; TBSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replaced the former Turkish Bas ...

. On 10 August 2021, he has signed with and returned to Galatasaray of the Turkish BSL after one year break. On 10 June 2022, he signed with and returned to Petkim Spor for a second stint. On July 7, 2023, he signed with Çağdaş Bodrumspor of the

. On November 6, 2023, he signed with

Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Manisa Basket, mostly known as Manisa Basket Divissa for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Manisa, that competes in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League (; TBSL), also known as th ...

of the Turkish

(BSL). On August 16, 2024, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the

(BSL). On October 18, 2024, he signed with

of the

(TBL).

Turkish national team

Arar was a member of the junior national teams of Turkey. With Turkey's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the

, where he won a gold medal, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the

2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Greek: Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα FIBA Under-19 2015) was the 12th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by t ...

, where he won a bronze medal, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a bronze medal.

Early years

Professional career

Turkish national team

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