Hidayet Türkoğlu

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هيدو توركوغلو

Istanbul

Turkish basketball executive and former player (born 1979 at Istanbul), the first Turkish-born player in NBA history; he played fifteen NBA seasons, won the 2007–08 Most Improved Player award, and has presided over the Turkish Basketball Federation since October 2016.

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Roles
basketball player · basketball executive
Region
Anatolia · Americas & Oceania
Identifiers
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani · Abbas Kiarostami · Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari · Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda · Abd al-Rahman Badawi

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Istanbul

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    Unknown (unknown)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    In the Modern Islam Browser

    Modern Islam BrowserFigures of the last fifty years1979

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    Istanbul

    People and things also explored

    Arap Camii, Istanbul· Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque, Istanbul· Eski Imaret Mosque· Eyüp Sultan Mosque· Fenari Isa Mosque· Gul Mosque, Istanbul· Hagia Sophia· Hirami Ahmed Pasha Mosque, Istanbul

    Sources

    • Hedo Türkoğlu — English Wikipedia
    • Hidayet Türkoğlu — Turkish Wikipedia
    • هيدو توركوغلو — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Hidayet Türkoğlu — Wikidata
    Cite this page

    islam.museum contributors. “Hidayet Türkoğlu”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hidayet-turkoglu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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