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National Teams 19/09/2017, 15.04

Hidayet Türkoğlu: ''We couldn't get any support from Demirel during EuroBasket 2017''

President of Turkish Basketball Federation Hidayet Türkoğlu presented his statements about EuroBasket 2017

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President of Turkish Basketball Federation Hidayet Türkoğlu presented statements about EuroBasket 2017 they hosted. Türkoğlu talked about the performance of Turkish National Basketball Team:

'' We always stated that we are going to make a team which we proud of with their passion and ambition. We couldn't accomplish the success that we aim with this young roster but everybody is satisfied with their ambition on the court. Even during our lost to Spain, our fans cheered up '' Turkey proud of you!'' That makes us so happy. We think Ufuk Coach and his team did a perfect job''    

Also Türkoğlu talked about the EuroBasket 2017 organisation that they host Group D, last 16, quarter finals, semi finals and final games between September 1-17 in İstanbul:

'' We think we finalised the tournament successfully. We organised well as a team and showed our experiences. Our top director Mr. Onan and his team provided the tournament going smooth. We want to express our sincere thanks to our Governor, Security Director and security forces. We organise these kind of tournaments with success for a long time and give very clear messages for the future. ''

''We have a generation change in our National Team but we should have formed a team that we going to be proud of. Our young talents played more. Cedi Osman, Furkan Korkmaz and Melih Mahmutoğlu were the most successfull ones. Now, we have 2 years ahead of us. First, 2019 European Championship, then 2020 Tokio Olympics. We want to form a team with Ufuk Coach with the players who going to deserve this uniform, willing and sustain this atmosphere.''

Also, Türkoğlu stated that we have some young stars emerged in EuroBasket 2017 but this is not enough for the future and added:

'' We have been working on how we can build a golden generation and adapt these young talents to top teams in 4-5 year. Our plans were finished and we going to present our first project on September 26. We are going to make the Young League with away games. Our aim with that is to give our young players an opportunity to play in more games. Federation is going to be responsible of all the expenses of accomodation and travel. At the end of this project, there will be a playoff tour and a foursome final. We are going to televise it. This is just the first part. ''

Furtnermore, Hidayet Türkoğlu indicated that they didnt get any support or interest from Turgay Demirel, '' We expected a support from The President of FIBA Europe to his country and our National Basketball Team.''

Türkoğlu didn't satisfied with the decisions of the referees during the tournament and stated:

'' The President of FIBA Europe remained insensitive to the referee calls and its a big disappointment for us. Also, in this process we couldn't believe that he stated '' I didn't get any invitation to the night of Championship''. We have the files of the invitation and his positive response. We expected to see him with us in that night too. The President of FIBA Europe is Turkish. He didn't appear neither in our practices nor the night of the Championship. 




H. Coşkun

H. Coşkun

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