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Turkey announces its squad for the Women’s Basketball World Cup
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Turkey announces its squad for the Women’s Basketball World Cup

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Turkey’s national women’s basketball team named its 12-player roster for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.
  • The tournament will take place in Berlin from September 4 to 13.
  • Turkey will open against Belgium before facing Australia and Puerto Rico.

Turkey’s 12-player squad for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup has been announced.

The tournament will take place in Berlin from September 4 to 13. Turkey’s roster consists of Ayşe Cora Yamaner, Beren Burke, Derin Erdoğan, Elif Bayram, Elif İstanbulluoğlu, Esra Ural, Gökşen Fitik, Melek Uzunoğlu, Olcay Çakır Turgut, Sevgi Uzun, Sinem Ataş and Tilbe Şenyürek Arslan.

Turkey will begin its campaign against Belgium on September 4 at 6:30 p.m. local Turkey time. It will play Australia on September 6 at 12:30 p.m., followed by Puerto Rico on September 7 at the same time.

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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.