Turkish Basketball Federation President Türkoğlu made a statement to the press after the match played at Turkcell Basketball Development Center.
Hidayet Türkoğlu stated that the national team, which guaranteed to advance to the second round by making 4 out of 4 in the qualifiers, continued its progress and said, “We would like to congratulate our coach and our athlete friends first of all. 12 Giant Men continued their rising performance for the last year in this match as well. I believe that we made our millions of fans here and in front of the screen proud. We cannot thank our President enough for calling us during this process. Our esteemed Minister was always with our team. I hope we continue like this. Turkish basketball is with these young friends of ours every day. It will go even higher.” he said.
Thanking the national basketball players for their struggle and dedication, President Türkoğlu said, “Everyone is willingly becoming a part of this team, regardless of injury or making excuses. A good atmosphere has been created. Everyone wants to be a part of this team. We also thank our clubs that have always supported us. They have never left us alone. This is a source of pride for us. I hope Turkish basketball will come to the place it deserves.” He commented:
Emphasizing that they are continuing their efforts to ensure that national player Tarık Biberovic, who attracted attention with his successful performance, can play in Turkish status, Türkoğlu said, “We need to make a separate note for Tarık. He acted like a part of this family. We need to thank him and Fenerbahçe. We want to take more solid initiatives and remove this obstacle. We believe that then we will make ourselves stronger.” made his assessment.
