Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Basket
Leagues	BSL
Founded	2017
History	Yüksekçıta Koleji 2017–2018 Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket 2018–2021 Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi G.S.K. 2021–present
Arena	Pamukkale University Arena
Capacity	5,000
Location	Denizli, Turkey
Team colors	Green, blue
President	Veli Deveciler
Team manager	Evren Yenice
Head coach	Zafer Aktaş
Team captain	Nate Mason
Championships	1 TBL 1 TB2L
Website	mbb.org.tr
Home Away

Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Basket, due to current sponsorship Yukatel Merkezefendi, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Denizli. The team is currently playing in the Basketball Super League. Their home arena is the Pamukkale University Arena which has a capacity of 5,000 seats. The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018.^[1]

History

The team whose name was Yüksekçıta Koleji, was renamed Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket in 2018. End of the regular season of 2018–19, the team that was competing in the Turkish Basketball Second League completed the season undefeated in 20 games. The team defeated Beylikdüzü Basket, 2–0 in play-offs, defeated Boluspor, 3–0 in quarter-finals, defeated Erzurum BŞB Gençlik, 3–1 in semi-finals and promoted to the Turkish Basketball First League. Also the team got their first defeat of the season in the semi-finals. At the final game on 13 May 2019 that was played on Sinan Erdem Dome, Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket defeated Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor, 77–70, and the team became the champion of 2018–19 Turkish Basketball Second League.^[2]

They finished the 2020–21 season as regular season leaders and earned the right to compete in the top tier (BSL) for the 2021–22 season onward.

Players

Current roster

Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 0 Mustafa, Muhaymin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1999-10-10)10 October 1999 G 1 Mason, Nate (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1995-07-25)25 July 1995 G 3 Sibande, Nike 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-06-06)6 June 1999 G 8 Aygündüz, Berke 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-08-26)26 August 1998 PF 9 Demir, Alihan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-07-11)11 July 1996 SF 10 Güneş, Oktay 24 – (1999-02-25)25 February 1999 SF 12 Bleijenbergh, Vrenz 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – (2000-10-14)14 October 2000 PF 13 Karabilen, İsmail 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2001-07-02)2 July 2001 F/C 15 Pecarski, Marko 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (2000-02-12)12 February 2000 SG 18 Badžim, Roko 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-08-18)18 August 1997 F 22 Özkan, Çağatay 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-07-09)9 July 2001 C 35 Atar, Berke 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 24 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999 G/F Hudson, Jalen  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 C Floyd, Jehyve 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-06-27)27 June 1997	Head coach Zafer Aktaş Assistant coach(es) Erhan Yetim Sergey Sergen Horuz Strength & conditioning coach(es) Mustafa Kara Physiotherapist(s) Ali İhsan Aktaş Team manager Ömer Halat Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 27, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Jehyve Floyd	İsmail Karabilen	Alihan Demir	Berke Atar
PF	Vrenz Bleijenbergh	Marko Pecarski
SF	Roko Badžim	Çağatay Özkan	Oktay Güneş
SG	Nike Sibande	Berke Aygündüz		Jalen Hudson
PG	Nate Mason	Muhaymin Mustafa

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish Basketball First League

• Winner (1): 2020–21

Turkish Basketball Second League

• Winner (1): 2018–19

Season by season

Notable players