Beşiktaş JK (women's basketball)

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball Team
Leagues	Turkish Women's Basketball League
Founded	1903
Arena	BJK Akatlar Arena
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Black and White
President	Fikret Orman
Head coach	Ömer Buharalı
Championships	3 Turkish Women's Basketball League 1 Turkish President's Cup:
Website	besiktasjk.com.tr
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of Beşiktaş
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Handball (Men's)
Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)	Wheelchair Basketball
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Table tennis
Athletics	Boxing	Wrestling
Rowing	Bridge	Chess
Gymnastics	eSports

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball is the women basketball section of Beşiktaş JK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.

Roster

Beşiktaş Women's Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F Çora, Ayşe 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 72 kg (159 lb) F Albayrak, Beril G Pondexter, Cappie 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) C Başaran, Gizem C Ivanković, Luca 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) PF Avcı, Meltem C Grishaeva, Nadezhda 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) G Cloud, Natasha 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) SF İvegin, Şaziye 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) G 4 Kikiler, İrem 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 71 kg (157 lb) PF 12 Güler, Emel Ecem C 21 Özek, Buse PG 23 Uzun, Sevgi 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 64 kg (141 lb)	Head coach Ömer Buharalı Assistant coach(es) Meryem Keleşoğlu Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-08-17

Achievements

Domestic

• Turkish Women's Basketball League:
  • Winners (3): 1984, 1985, 2005
  • Runners (3): 1986, 2006, 2007

• Turkish Cup:
  • Runners (4): 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007

• Turkish President's Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2006
  • Runners (2): 2005, 2007

International

• FIBA EuroCup:

Quarter Finalist (1): 2006, 2015

Notable players

Turkey

• Gülşah Akkaya
• Melike Bakırcıoğlu
• Korel Engin
• Yasemin Horasan
• Şaziye İvegin
• Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu
• Ceyda Kozluca
• Sariye Kumral
• Arzu Özyiğit
• Esra Şencebe
• Tuğba Taşçı
• Esmeral Tunçluer
• Nilay Yiğit
• Müjde Yüksel

United States

• Kara Braxton
• Laura Harper
• Amber Harris
• Vanessa Hayden
• Ebony Hoffman
• Alexis Hornbuckle
• Jantel Lavender
• Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert
• Sheri Sam
• Courtney Vandersloot
• Candice Wiggins

Brazil

• Kelly Santos
• Izi Castro Marques

Bulgaria

• Gergena Baranzova

Croatia

• Sandra Mandir
• Korona Longin-Zanze

Israel

• Shay Doron

Serbia

• Jelena Spirić
• Milica Dabović

Russia

• Ilona Korstin

External links

• (Turkish) Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü Home Page
• (Turkish) Unofficial Fan Site and Forum
• (Turkish) Beşiktaş Basketball Teams Web Site
• (Turkish) Besiktas Basketball Fan Blog