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Mersin
Mersin
Nickname	Carettalar (Caretta's)
Leagues	Türkiye Basketbol Ligi
Founded	2019; 7 years ago
Arena	Servet Tazegül Arena
Capacity	7,500
Location	Mersin, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow, black;
President	Vahap Seçer
Head coach	Burak Gören
2024–25 position	BSL; 6th of 16
Home	Away

Mersin MSK is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Mersin. Founded in 2019, the club currently competes in the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi, the second-tier basketball league in Turkey.

History

After the dissolution of Mersin BB in 2018, Mersin MSK was founded in 2019 as a successor to this club. They spent two successful seasons in Turkish Men's Regional Basketball League (EBBL) and Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L) and they managed to be promoted to Türkiye Basketbol Ligi (TBL) before 2021–22 season. For the first season in second tier, they finished the league at 14th place, just above the relegation line.^[1]

In 2022–23 season they finished the league in 3rd place but eliminated in the playoff semifinals against Semt77 Yalovaspor.^[2]^[3]

They started the 2023–24 season with important signings and finished the season again in 3rd place after the normal season. After a competitive playoff period, they won the championship and earned promoted to Basketbol Süper Ligi.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Players

Current roster

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Mersin MSK roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
C	0	Olaseni, Gabriel	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	34 – (1991-12-29)29 December 1991
PG	3	Özmızrak, Kartal	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	30 – (1995-08-29)29 August 1995
G	4	March, Ronald	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	33 – (1993-07-24)24 July 1993
F	6	Çekici, Koray	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	24 – (2002-07-15)15 July 2002
PG	7	Cowan Jr., Anthony	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	28 – (1997-10-07)7 October 1997
SG	9	Cruz, Francisco (C)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	36 – (1989-10-03)3 October 1989
SF	10	Tırpancı, Ergi	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	26 – (2000-01-01)1 January 2000
PF	11	Alyanak, Anıl	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	18 – (2008-01-07)7 January 2008
PF	22	Chassang, Alexandre	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	31 – (1994-11-22)22 November 1994
C	23	Enoch, Steven	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	28 – (1997-09-18)18 September 1997
SG	7	Kurtuldum, Mustafa	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	25 – (2001-05-10)10 May 2001
PF	14	Onar, Yesukan	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1998-09-14)14 September 1998
PG	20	Tülüoğlu, Arca	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	29 – (1997-06-13)13 June 1997

Head coach

Vacant

Assistant coach(es)

Alejandro Formento Sanchez
Ali Ruhi Balkanlı
Oğuzhan Bakır
Gökmen Doğan Şahin

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: June 22, 2026

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Gabriel Olaseni	Steven Enoch
PF	Jack White	Alexandre Chassang	Koray Çekici
SF	Ronald March	Ergi Tırpancı
SG	Anthony Cowan Jr.
PG	Francisco Cruz	Kartal Özmızrak

Honours

Türkiye Basketbol Ligi

Runners-up (1): 2023–24

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Pos.	W–L	Cup Competitions	European Competitions
2020–21	3	TB2L	1st	–	8–4	–
2021–22	2	TBL	14th	–	11–19	–
2022–23	2	TBL	3rd	Quarterfinals	25–11	–
2023–24	2	TBL	3rd	Champion	34–10	–
2024–25	1	BSL	6th	Quarterfinals	16–16	Semifinalist
2025–26	1	BSL	15th	–	9–21	–	Champions League	PI

References

↑ "Puan Durumu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
↑ "Puan Durumu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
↑ "Semt77 Yalovaspor finale yükseldi". trtspor.com.tr (in Turkish). June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
↑ "Puan Durumu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
↑ @mersin_msk (June 1, 2024). "Şampiyon MSK!" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
↑ "Mersin'in Gururu MSK Süper Lig'de!". mersin.bel.tr (in Turkish). June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

External links

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[1] "Puan Durumu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[2] "Puan Durumu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[3] "Semt77 Yalovaspor finale yükseldi". trtspor.com.tr (in Turkish). June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[4] "Puan Durumu". tbf.org.tr (in Turkish). June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

[5] @mersin_msk (June 1, 2024). "Şampiyon MSK!" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).

[6] "Mersin'in Gururu MSK Süper Lig'de!". mersin.bel.tr (in Turkish). June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

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