İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K.

Istanbul Technical University

Leagues

Turkish Basketball Second League

Founded

1953^[1]

History

1953 – Present

Arena

ITU Ayazaga Sports Center

Capacity

2,500^[2]

Location

Istanbul

Team colors

Maroon-white

President

Kemal Erdenay^[3]

Head coach

Recep Şen

Championships

5 Turkish Leagues:
1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
2 Turkish Cups:
1969, 1971

Website

http://www.ituspor.org.tr

Uniforms

Home

Away

Istanbul Technical University basketball team is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Istanbul. It is one of the most successful club in the history of the Turkish Basketball League, having won the league's championship 5 times. Their home arena is the ITU Ayazaga Sports Center in ITU's Maslak campus.

Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years are İbrahim Kutluay, Harun Erdenay and Huseyin Alp.

History

ITU basketball team was founded by the former president of Istanbul Technical University Ilhami Civaoglu and ITU graduate Nami Sukal in 1953. The team participated to 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 managed to win 5 of 6 the national championships. After 1973, İTÜ gradually declined and relegated to the second-tier for the first time in 1977-78 season. The team played first-tier basketball between 1979-1994, 1996-1998, 1999-2000 and 2001-2006. It was known as "Raks İTÜ" in 1996-97 and "Aras İTÜ" in the 2003-2004 season. In the 2010-11 season, İTÜ once again was relegated to the third-tier but returned to the second-tier in 2012-13 season. However, İTU faced with 2 successive relegations between 2014 and 2016 and ended up in the Regional Basketball League.

Notable players

İbrahim Kutluay
Harun Erdenay
Levent Topsakal
Orhun Ene
Güray Kanan
Ümit Sonkol
Hüseyin Alp
Kemal Erdenay
Nuri Tan
Reşat Güney
Osman Gündüz
Zeki Tosun
Rasko Katic

References

External links

ITU Sports, official website

Turkish Basketball Super League

Current clubs	Anadolu Efes Banvit Best Balıkesir Beşiktaş Sompo Japan Darüşşafaka Doğuş Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Odeabank Gaziantep Basketbol İstanbul BB Muratbey Uşak Sportif Pınar Karşıyaka Rönesans TED Kolejliler Tofaş Trabzonspor Medical Park Akın Çorap Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor

Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 P 2012–13 (P) 2013–14 P 2014–15 (P) 2015–16 2016–17

Champions	Anadolu Efes (13) Eczacıbaşı (8) Fenerbahçe (7) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Karşıyaka (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Muhafızgücü (1)

Awards	BSL Finals MVP BSL "Mr. King" Top Scorer

Istanbul Technical University

Undergraduate	School of Maritime School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering School of Science and Letters School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering School of Civil Engineering School of Management School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering School of Mechanical Engineering School of Mines School of Architecture School of Textile Technologies and Design School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Turkish Music State Conservatory

Graduate	Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences Institute of Informatics Institute of Energy Institute of Science and Technology Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences Advanced Studies in Music Department

Research	Arı Technopolis Central Laboratory Fuat Kulunk High Voltage Laboratory TRIGA Mark-II Training and Research Reactor National Center for High Performance Computing Center for Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing

History	Alumni Rectors Faculty Mühendishane-i Bahr-i Hümayun Mühendishane-i Berr-i Hümayun Hendese-i Mülkiye Mühendis Mekteb-i Alisi Yüksek Mühendis Mektebi

Campuses	Maslak Gümüşsuyu Taşkışla Maçka Tuzla

Buildings	Suleyman Demirel Cultural Center Mustafa Inan Library Natural History and Science Museum Science Center Stadium Sports Center

Sports	ITU basketball team ITU Hornets American football team

Life and culture	ITUFEST ITU TV Arıyorum Radio ITU ITURO ITU Day ITU Alumni Association ITU in popular culture

Miscellaneous	MV Akdeniz RV MTA Sismik 1 ITUpSAT1 TurkSat-3USat

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İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K.

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Notable players

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References

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