Erdem Türetken

Erdem Türetken — Biography

Erdem Türetken was born on 5 April 1979 in Merzifon, in Amasya province, and is a Turkish basketball player who played mainly as a small forward, later also appearing as a power forward. He began playing at Anadolu University's youth team, went on to play for Marmara Koleji in the Turkish 2nd Basketball League, and spent three seasons at Darüşşafaka. In 2005 he played an important role for the Turkey national basketball team at the Universiade held in İzmir.

He moved to Beşiktaş Cola Turka at the start of the 2005-06 season and signed with Galatasaray Café Crown in 2007. After a year with Kepez Belediyespor in 2009, he played for Aliağa Petkim (2010-11) and Konya's Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi (2011-12) before joining Medical Park Trabzonspor, with whom he won the TB2L title in the 2012-13 season. He continued his career with Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyespor from the start of 2013-14 and with Muratpaşa Belediyespor from 2020.