Basketball fans face a packed weekend across Turkey’s top professional tiers, with the Turkish Basketball Federation releasing a schedule spanning the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League, the Halkbank Women’s Basketball Super League, and the Türkiye Sigorta Türkiye Basketbol Ligi. Türk Telekom prepares for an away fixture against Erokspor in Istanbul on Sunday, while Ankara clubs navigate a demanding slate of home and away encounters.
Erokspor Hosts Türk Telekom in Istanbul
Türk Telekom’s men’s squad travels to Istanbul for Sunday action against Erokspor at the Beşiktaş Akatlar venue, with tip-off scheduled for 13.00 on 1 Kasım. The weekend schedule involves multiple capitals-based teams across both men’s and women’s competitions.
Galatasaray has complained to Turkish Basketball Federation Hidayet Türkoğlu about referees for the second time this season pic.twitter.com/h4HvT0DWf5
The Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League weekend gets underway a day earlier on Saturday with three matchups. Biotekno Körfez Basket welcomes Trabzonspor to the Şehit Polis Recep Topaloğlu facility at 15.30. Later, Pizzabulls Bordo Bandırma takes on Bahçeşehir Koleji at the Bandırma 17 Eylül Üniversitesi sports hall at 18.00, while Yukatel Denizli Basket faces Galatasaray MCT Technic at Pamukkale Üniversitesi at 20.30.
Sunday’s Super League slate also features Fenerbahçe Tarfin hosting TOFAŞ at the Ülker Spor ve Etkinlik hall at 15.30, followed by Bursaspor Basketbol meeting Karşıyaka at the TOFAŞ venue at 18.00. Action concludes on Monday, 2 Kasım, when Aliağa Petkimspor plays Anadolu Efes at the ENKA hall at 18.00, and Beşiktaş welcomes Glint Çayırova Belediyesi to the Turkcell Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi at 20.30.
Capital Squads Lead Halkbank Women’s Super League Matchups
Three capital city teams competing in the Halkbank Women’s Basketball Super League continue their league campaigns this weekend. Saturday’s opening slate features Beşiktaş BOA playing OGM Ormanspor at Beşiktaş Akatlar at 13.00. Simultaneously at 14.00, Emlak Konut meets Çimsa ÇBK Mersin in Başakşehir, and Nesibe Aydın Okulları hosts İstanbul Gençlikspor at TOBB ETÜ.
Sunday afternoon action brings two additional fixtures. Turgutlu Belediyespor squares off against BOTAŞ at the Yıldırım Beyazıt venue at 14.00. At 16.00, Melikgazi Kayseri Basketbol plays Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring at the Kadir Has Kongre Merkezi.
MKE Ankaragücü Faces Gaziantep Basketbol in Domestic Second Tier
In the Türkiye Sigorta Türkiye Basketbol Ligi, MKE Ankaragücü plays its home fixture against Gaziantep Basketbol on Saturday at the Mamak Belediyesi Hidayet Türkoğlu sports hall, starting at 18.00. Saturday’s broader second-tier program opens at 14.00 with Cedi Osman Basketbol playing Keçiören Belediyesi Bağlum at the Gazanfer Bilge facility.
Additional Saturday matches in the second division include OGM Ormanspor facing Darüşşafaka at the M. Sait Zarifoğlu hall at 16.00, and Mersinspor meeting TED Ankara Kolejliler at the Servet Tazegül venue at the same hour. Yalova Haremspor hosts Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor at the 90. Yıl. Yıl hall at 16.30.
The second-tier weekend concludes on Sunday with three games: Konya Büyükşehir Belediyespor plays iLab Basketbol at Selçuklu Belediyesi at 15.00; Göztepe Isonem takes on Finalspor at Altındağ Atatürk at 16.00; and Büyükçekmece Basketbol meets Kipaş K.B.B. at Gazanfer Bilge at 16.30.
Keep reading
