Hacettepe Üniversitesi Basketbol Kulübü (English: Hacettepe University Basketball Club) is a professional basketball team based in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, Turkey. The team is the official athletics branch of
Hacettepe University
Hacettepe University () is a public research university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2021.
The university has two main c ...
. Their home arena is the
Ankara Arena
The Ankara Arena (), is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Ankara, Turkey that opened in April 2010. The seating capacity of the arena is 10,400 spectators.
Built for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the new venue replaced the nearby ...
, which has a capacity of 10,400 seats and was opened in 2010.
History
The team was founded in 1982. In 2011, Hacettepe Üniversitesi was promoted to the
Turkish Basketball League
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for the first time since their foundation.
Season by season
Current roster
Notable players
References
External links
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Hacettepe University
Basketball teams in Turkey
Sports clubs and teams in Ankara
Student sport in Turkey