From the Fairies of the Crucible to the Sultans of the Net: We are proud of them!

To Demirören News Agency (DHA); Describing their goals for the FIBA ​​2025 Women’s European Championship, national basketball players said that their primary goal is to bring the joy of medals to the Turkish people by achieving successful results.

ELİF BAYRAM: WE WANT TO GET A MEDAL

Elif Bayram, the successful player of Beşiktaş and the National Team, said, “I hope we will be very successful in Europe, I hope we will be on the podium, I hope we will win a medal. Now I think the citizens of this country deserve this. I think we need to be successful in basketball now and I want to get a medal, my team also wants it. “I hope this year will be that year and we will win,” he said.

SEVGI UZUN: WE WILL ACHIEVE GOOD WORK WITH A BEAUTIFUL FORMATION

Stating that they are a team focused on progressing step by step by sharing their goals for the Women’s European Championship, Sevgi Uzun, the star player of the National Team and Fenerbahçe, said: “We want to give our best and find ourselves at the highest point, whatever comes in the quarter-finals, semi-finals. I believe we will succeed. We say it every year, but we are a very good team, a very energetic young team. “I think we will achieve good things with a good formation,” he said.

ESRA URAL TOPUZ: WE WANT TO BRING THE SUCCESS THAT BECOMES OUR COUNTRY

Esra Ural Topuz, the successful player of OGM Ormanspor and the National Team, stated that they should do their best in the European Championship and said: “We need to win all these matches, even 1 point is important for us. We want to go to the European Championship in the most advantageous way. “This is a very long process and our goal is to work as hard as we can and bring the best success that suits our country here.”

ZEYNEP ŞEVVAL GÜL: MY GOAL IS TO BE IN THIS TEXT

Stating that they have made the necessary preparations for the European Championship as a team, Zeynep Şevval Gül, the young and successful player of OGM Ormanspor and the National Team, said: “My first goal is to be a player who is always included in the national team. I am making the necessary effort for this. He continued his words by saying, “I want to continue my place in this squad this year.”

FROM THE FAIRIES OF THE CROP TO THE SULTANS OF THE NET; WE ARE PROUD OF THEM

National team players also evaluated the recent criticism that women’s basketball is not at the desired level at the National Teams level and that there is a loss of popularity due to missed tournaments. Considering the comments that women’s interest in team sports has shifted to volleyball in recent years, especially with the successes in international tournaments such as the Olympics, National Basketball players expressed that they were proud of the success of volleyball players and showed a good example of women’s solidarity.

ELİF BAYRAM: THE SUCCESS OF VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IS A VERY NICE THING

Reminding that women’s basketball is actually successful at the club level, for example, Fenerbahçe has won championships in the Euroleague and her own team, Beşiktaş, played in the Eurocup finals last year, Elif Bayram expressed her thoughts on the subject as follows: “But in general, this success is greater in the National Teams. We need to carry it. We are winning the matches, but at the European Championship level, I think we need to go to the Olympics if necessary. I believe we should aim for the 2028 Olympics. The success of volleyball players going to the Olympics is actually a very good thing, I hope they continue. But we also need to get medals now. We shouldn’t leave any medals behind. I hope we can start and continue this with this European championship.”

SEVGI UZUN: WE ARE PROUD WATCHING THEM

Reminding that women have achieved great things in volleyball and represented our country on very beautiful platforms with championships and finals, Sevgi Uzun said, “First of all, we are proud to watch them. In terms of basketball, there are incredible successes and amazing things in our history. Of course, we experienced a generation change. Players with a lot of effort and a lot of experience retired. “His back is a little open for us, we want to collect it right now, but as I said, I think it is not far.”

Stating that they definitely deserve more attention as female basketball players, Sevgi said, “This hall should not be empty. We represent the national team, we represent Turkey. Of course, we also need to feel trust and support. Therefore, if they show us the necessary attention, our struggle for them will be endless. There is no end to it when you represent your country. We want to do our best and achieve the best success. “Our motivation is the same,” he said and asked for support from basketball fans.

ESRA URAL TOPUZ: I THINK BEING SUCCESSFUL IN WOMEN’S SPORTS IS THE PRIDE OF THIS COUNTRY

Stating that she is very happy and proud of the success of the country’s women in volleyball, Esra said, “Volleyball really came into my life thanks to them and I enjoy watching them very much. Yes, there has been a slight decline for us, but we are changing generations, we are changing shells. I believe that we will return to the successes we miss. Since it is a women’s sport, I think being successful in women’s sports, whether it is volleyball or basketball, is a credit to this country and a very good thing for us. “Hopefully, we will continue where we left off with this new generation,” he said.

ZEYNEP ŞEVVAL GÜL: WE ARE VERY HAPPY TOO

Zeynep Şevval Gül also said the following about the achievements of volleyball players and the goals of women’s basketball:

“Of course, we are very happy too. But I am sure that the same success will come from us. As women’s basketball, we have a history of receiving medals in the past years. We want to bring the past to light again. As a new generation, we want to continue the same successes.”