 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - basketball yeTurkey yakachinja zvakanyanya pasi pehutungamiriri hwaDemirel. Muna 1992 Turkish Basketball Federation yakanga ine vashandi vatatu vane bhajeti yegore negore ye 600,000. Muna 2012, Turkish Basketball Federation yakanga ine bhajeti yegore negore ye 7075 mamiriyoni. Basketball ndiyo mutambo wechipiri unonyanya kufarirwa munyika, uye Turkey yave simba mune zvose zviri zviviri zvepasi rose zvevarume nevakadzi basketball. Chikwata chenyika yeTurkey chevarume chakahwina sirivheri paEuroBasket yevarume 2001 uye chakapedza chechitanhatu muWorld Championship ya2006. Yakahwinha sirivha paWorld Championship ya2010, ichirasikirwa mufainari kuUnited States mumutambo mukuru wemitambo wakambotambirwa muvhu reTurkey. Munyori Mukuru weFIBA, Patrick Baumann akazvitsanangura se the yakanyanya kubudirira FIBA World Championship ever. Demirel ave ari mugashiri wekuremekedzwa kwakawanda panguva yebasa rake mukucherechedza basa rake kuTurkey basketball. Kutevera kubudirira kweTurkey muWorld Championship, Demirel akatumidzwa zita remutambi wegore neSedat Simavi Journalists Association, Okan University, uye Milliyet Newspaper, pakati pevamwe. Basketball yevakadzi muTurkey, iyo yakanga isina chikwata chenyika kubva muna 1968 kusvika muna 1988, yakaonawo kukura kunoshamisa uye kukura pasi pekutarisa kwaDemirel. Muna 2005 chikwata chenyika chevakadzi cheTurkey chakaita chitarisiko chayo chekutanga mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eEuroBasket, akagamuchirwa muTurkey, uye vakakwanisa kuenda kuEuroBasket yese kubvira ipapo. Muna 2011 vakakunda menduru yesirivha kuEuroBasket. Chikwata ichi chakaita mutambo wavo wekutanga mumitambo yeOlympic muLondon muna 2012 uye vakapedza vari vechishanu. Muna 2013 vakahwina menduru yebronze kuEuroBasket. Turkey yakawanawo budiriro inoshamisa pamwero wevechiduku. Munguva pfupi yapfuura muna 2013, chikwata chevarume cheU18 chakakunda European Championship uye chikwata chevakadzi cheU20 chakakunda bronze paEuropean Championship. Muna 2012 Turkey U16 chikwata varume vakahwina European Championship, uye U20 vakadzi chikwata akahwina nendarira pa European Championship. 