Women’s Basketball World Cup

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Berlin · September 4–13, 2026

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TUR

Türkiye

Group C

World Cup appearances

3

Best: Fourth place (2014)

Olympic appearances

2

Best: 5th place (2012)

How they qualified

Qualifier

Istanbul tournament →

Türkiye finished fourth as hosts in 2014 and have not been to an Olympics since 2016. Kennedy Burke fills their naturalised place — an American who won a WNBA title with New York in 2024 and now plays for the Connecticut Sun.

Head coach

Andrea Mazzon

Roster — final 12

One Türkiye player is in the WNBA.

Pos.	No.	Name	Club	Age	Height	Ctr.	Note
PF	1	Elif İstanbulluoğlu	University of Louisville	21	6 ft 3 in	USA	—
SG	2	Sevgi Uzun	Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring	28	5 ft 10 in	TUR	Former Chicago Sky
PG	4	Olcay Çakır	Fenerbahce Tarfin	33	6 ft 0 in	TUR	—
SG	6	Gökşen Fitik	Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring	25	5 ft 9 in	TUR	—
SG	8	Ayşe Cora	Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring	33	5 ft 10 in	TUR	—
PF	11	Elif Bayram	Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring	24	6 ft 1 in	TUR	—
PF	15	Tilbe Şenyürek Arslan	Spar Girona	31	6 ft 4 in	ESP	—
PG	17	Derin Erdoğan	Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring	24	5 ft 9 in	TUR	—
SF	20	Sinem Ataş	CIMSA CBK Mersin	31	6 ft 1 in	TUR	—
PF	22	Kennedy Burke	CON (WNBA)	29	6 ft 1 in	USA	Also ÇBK Mersin
SF	30	Melek Uzunoğlu	Emlak Konut	24	6 ft 2 in	TUR	—
C	33	Esra Ural	CIMSA CBK Mersin	35	6 ft 6 in	TUR	—

Group C fixtures

Fri 4 Sep	vs	🇧🇪 Belgium	L 75–89 Final
Sun 6 Sep	vs	🇦🇺 Australia	L 71–87 Final
Mon 7 Sep	vs	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	L 71–75 Final

Knockout

Eliminated — 4th in Group C