Erten Gazi

Erten Gazi — Biography

Erten Gazi is a Turkish Cypriot shooting guard best known as part of Anadolu Efes's EuroLeague titles in 2021 and 2022. Coming from northern Cyprus and developed in Istanbul, with a stint in US college basketball in between, he joined Yukatel Denizli Basket in August 2026.

Raised in Güzelyurt, Gazi started playing in 2004 at a local club coached by his parents. In 2012 he moved to Istanbul to join Anadolu Efes's youth teams; he won the Turkish U16 championship in 2013, made his Turkish Basketball League debut at 16 for Efes's feeder club Pertevniyal and won the U18 title in 2014. He then played in the United States, first for DePaul and then for Fordham, averaging 8.9 points in his final Fordham season. In August 2020 he returned to Efes and stepped into the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague with the first team, and after the two EuroLeague trophies he extended his contract in 2022 and 2023. He moved to Fenerbahçe Beko in July 2024, joined Dinamo Sassari in Italy in December 2024 and returned to Turkey with Esenler Erokspor in July 2025.

As a youth international he represented Turkey at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and won silver at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He was called up to the senior national team in May 2024. He was also elected among the first members of the Turkish Cypriot Youth Senate.