Turkey - 1.Ligi 2009/2010

Quote from B. Moreira

.It will be nice to see a Turkey team in Final Four of next Champions League...

Thank you for your wish I hope we will see great Brazilian players next year..

There are great players from many countries. The best team does not mean the best individual players, this is atomistic fallacy

Rumor has it that Fenerbahçe have been making preparations to grant Croatian Tomislav Coskovic Turkish citizenship in the midst of the talks about a potential quota restriction on foreign players clubs can roster.

In his meeting with the press officials, the Federation Chair Erol Ünal Karabıyık stated that the decision made in May 2009 regarding the quota on foreign players is still valid but that “if clubs come up with proposals that will have positive trickle-down effects on our national teams, this decision may of course change” to signal that the limit on foreign players may be modified.

Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, seem to have another formula for the possibility of a quota on foreign players. The team in yellow-blue who have been rostering Coskovic for the last 3 seasons plans to acquire Turkish citizenship for him and now is waiting for a positive answer from the federation.

According to the regulations, even though a player is entitled to Turkish citizenship, he cannot be cast as a player of Turkish status in the league unless he plays for the national team. That is, even if Coskovic or any other players becomes a Turkish citizen, that player will still be considered as a foreign player without being cast into the national team.

The chances are Coskovic may well play in the national team. Considering our outside hitter problems in Men’s National Team, Coskovic looks like a good solution for the national team in the short term.

Turkish national team to prepare European qualification with training camp in Ankara

Ankara, Turkey, April 30, 2010. The Turkish men’s national team will start next May 2 a training camp to prepare for a qualifier along the way to the final round of the 2011 CEV European Championship to be jointly organized in Austria and the Czech Republic. The Turks will first host in Ankara the national teams of Italy, Belarus and the winner of a 1st round starring Romania and Moldova before heading to Gioia del Colle (Italy) for the return of that round-robin.

The training camp will be staged in Ankara and namely in the TVF Volleyball Campus. The nationals will be staying in the Volley Hotel till the end of the camp which is scheduled for May 19, 2010. Mr. Semih Oktay will serve there as general coordinator with the staff including head coach Veljko Basic, assistant coach Hakan Özkan, scoutman Ferhat Akbaş and masseur Hamza Güçlü.
This is a comprehensive list of the players that will be attending the training camp in Ankara:

Arslan Ekşi (Fenerbahçe ISTANBUL)
Selçuk Keskin (Ziraat Bankası ANKARA)
Serhat Coşkun (Halk Bankası ANKARA)
Volkan Güç (ISTANBUL B.Sehir Belediyesi)
Sinan Cem Tanık (Halk Bankası ANKARA)
Kadir Cin (Arkas Spor IZMIR)
Mustafa Kırıcı (Maliye)
Burutay Subaşı (Arkas Spor IZMIR)
Sabit Karaağaç (SGK)
Emin Gök (Arkas Spor IZMIR)
Erhan Dünge (ISTANBUL B.Sehir Belediyesi)
Emre Batur (Fenerbahçe ISTANBUL)
Resul Tekeli (Ziraat Bankası ANKARA)
Ramazan Serkan Kılıç (Fenerbahçe ISTANBUL)
Hasan Yeşilbudak (Halk Bankası ANKARA)
Ahmet Pezük (Galatasaray ISTANBUL)
Özer Özger (Ziraat Bankası ANKARA)
Ender Kıdoğlu (Ziraat Bankası ANKARA)

Turkish men's national team prepares European qualifier in Ankara

Ankara, Turkey, May 6, 2010. The Turkish men’s national team is currently staging a training camp in Ankara under the guidance of head coach Veljko Basic. The guys are having a couple of sessions per day as they prepare the 2nd round qualifier for the 2011 CEV European Championship coming up in two weeks first in Ankara and then in Gioia del Colle (Italy).

The liberos of the Turkish national team, Ramazan Seken Kılıç and Hasan Yeşilbudak, revealed their expectations for the next events in a short chat: “We have completed a high quality national league and we are finalizing our preparations in this training camp. The European qualifications are a very important goal for us. Although we have a new head coach, we are having a great training program and are confident for the next matches” said Kilic. “The training camp started yesterday, we have a very limited time but we are willing to get ready as soon as possible and do our best to qualify for the final round of the next European Championship” added Yesilbudak.
The President of the Turkish Volleyball Federation, Mr. Erol Unal Karabıyık, visited the national team and the technical staff during their lunch at the Volley hotel and there had a short talk with the players.

source : turkish volleyball federation