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Beşiktaş Milangaz is a professional basketball team of Beşiktaş J.K.

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

, which is a sports club

Sports club

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from İstanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. Their home arena is the Sinan Erdem Dome with a capacity of 16,000 seats. The club competes in the Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League

The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

and EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge

The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...

History

The club's basketball section started out in the year 1933, before being halted in 1936, and then resuming once again in 1940. Since then, Beşiktaş has played in the first Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League

, in every season, except in the 1988-89 season, due to their relegation to the Turkish Second League after the 1987-88 season. The club won the Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League

management by Cavit Altunay in 1974-75 season.

In October of 2010, Beşiktaş announced the biggest transfer in the history of the club's basketball department, with the signing of the former NBA MVP Allen Iverson

Allen Iverson

Allen Ezail Iverson is an American professional basketball point guard and shooting guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season...

. Iverson signed a 2 year $4 million net income

Net income

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contract.

In July of 2011, NBA All-Star

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Deron Williams

Deron Michael Williams , nicknamed D-Will, is an American basketball player currently with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association . Williams has also played for the Utah Jazz of the NBA and Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League...

of the New Jersey Nets

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announced he would play for Beşiktaş, due to the 2011 NBA lockout

2011 NBA lockout

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. His $5 million net income

Net income

contract includes a clause that would enable him to return to the NBA during the regular season if an agreement is made between the owners and players association.

Arenas

Beşiktaş played for several years at the 3,200 capacity BJK Akatlar Arena

BJK Akatlar Arena

Beşiktaş Milangaz Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Akatlar, Istanbul, Turkey. The arena is the home court of Beşiktaş J.K.; it also serves the volleyball team. It is also suitable to host other events, such as concerts....

and 16,000 capacity Sinan Erdem Dome.

Domestic

Turkish League
Turkish Basketball League
The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

:
- Winners(1): 1975
- Runners-up (6): 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2005

Turkish Cup
Turkish Cup Basketball
The Turkish Cup is a basketball cup competition in Turkish basketball, run by the Turkish Basketball Federation since 1967. Its current sponsored name is the Spor Toto Turkish Cup.-Champions:...

:
- Runners-up (3): 1971, 1973, 2011

Turkish President's Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 1987

International

Eurocup:
- Quarter Finalist (1): 2008
FIBA Europe League
EuroChallenge
The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...

:
- Quarter Finalist (1): 2005
Korać Cup
Korac Cup
The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...

:
- Quarter Finalist (1): 1999

Notable players

Erman Kunter

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Kaya Peker Faruk Beşok Fatih Solak

Fatih Solak

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Haluk Yıldırım

Haluk Yildirim

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Ufuk Sarıca

Ufuk Sarica

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Cevher Özer

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Serkan Erdogan

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Sinan Güler

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Fedor Likholitov

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Jamel Thomas

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James Blackwell

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Kevin Thompson

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Michael Wright

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Allen Iverson

Deron Williams

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