İzzet Türkyılmaz

İzzet Türkyılmaz — Biography

İzzet Türkyılmaz is a Turkish basketball player who plays power forward and center and was selected 50th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2012 NBA draft. He came up through Banvit's youth system, later played for a series of clubs in Turkey, France and Croatia, was in the national team at the 2011 European Championship and reached first place at the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

He began playing at the sports schools run by Küçükköy Belediyespor and then played for Banvit's second-division side Genç Banvitliler. He turned professional in 2007 and first played in the Turkish Basketball League with Banvit in 2010-2011. After being picked by the Nuggets on 28 June 2012 he wore their jersey at the 2012 Summer League in Las Vegas, then returned to Europe.

In September 2013 he signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker. In November 2014 he joined Le Mans Sarthe Basket in France, left it in January 2015 and signed with the Croatian club GKK Šibenik, where he averaged 10 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. He returned to Turkey with Galatasaray Odeabank in September 2015, was loaned to TED Ankara Kolejliler in January 2016 and went back to Šibenik in August 2016. In later years he played for Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyespor and Bursaspor, joined Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor in November 2020 and Samsunspor in January 2022.