--- title: Erkan Yılmaz slug: erkan-yilmaz-278e0 url: /detay/erkan-yilmaz-278e0 type: biography language: English entity: primary: Erkan Yılmaz type: biography disambiguation: Erkan Yılmaz: Turkish basketball player profile. Super League & national team experience. categories: - name: Sport slug: spor url: /kategori/spor tags: - Basketball author: Emre Zengin created_at: 2025-07-15T11:41:21.778425+03:00 updated_at: 2025-07-15T12:06:55.175580+03:00 image: https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/07/15/8DSAdXKLGjnVjgsmSWaea8Jms8wtSQvI.jpg --- # Erkan Yılmaz > Erkan Yılmaz is a power forward who began his professional career at Banvit in 2015-16 and has played all his matches in Türkiye to date; he has played in various European qualifying tournaments, both with the youth national teams and at senior level. ## KURE Information Cards ### KURE Information Card: Erkan Yılmaz ![33.jpg](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/07/15/wKYx32V6fAVOz4odmwHeNVOuKQzQzoem.jpg) *TBF* | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Jersey Number(Text) | 33 | | Size(s) | 1 92 meters | | Position(s) | Small forward | | Nationality(ies) | Türkiye | | Previous Clubs | Antalyaspor (2013–2015) Bandırma BK (2015–2016) Bandırma Red (2016–2017) Yesilgiresun Belediyespor (2017–2018) New Mamak (2018–2019) Bandırma BK (2019–2020) Bahçeşehir College (2020–2022) Turk Telekom (2022–2023) Anatolian Efes (2023–present) | | Infrastructure | MKE Ankaragücü youth teams | | Current Club | Anatolian Efes | | Date and Place of Birth | December 3, 1997 Istanbul Türkiye | ## Article Content [Erkan Yılmaz](/en/detay/erkan-yilmaz-2d3bd/llms.txt) is a Turkish-born professional basketball player of Turkish nationality. Since 2015, he has gained experience in the [Turkish Basketball Super League](/en/detay/202526-season-turkiye-sigorta-basketball-league-dr/llms.txt) and lower leagues by playing for various clubs. Yılmaz, whose entire club career has been shaped within [Türkiye](/en/detay/turkiye-national-football-team-414d6/llms.txt), is among the players with no international or NBA experience. He began his national team career in the youth ranks and progressed to the senior national team level, contributing to the rotation by playing limited playing time, particularly during the qualifiers. Playing as a forward, he has assumed a variety of roles in both defense and offense. ### **Birth and Nationality** Erkan Yılmaz was born on December 3, 1997. According to the records of the Turkish Basketball Federation, his nationality is Turkish and he played for the Turkish national team for a long time. ### **The Beginning of a Club Career** Erkan Yılmaz's professional club career began in the 2015-16 season with Banvit in the Basketball Super League. He played in 20 games, averaging 3.9 minutes per game, and gained his first basketball experience during his adaptation period. In 2016-17, he transferred to Bandırma Kırmızı, a TB2L team, where he gained more playing time just below the league level, averaging 2.5 points and 1.7 rebounds in 7.1 minutes per game. The following season, he played for Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor, familiarizing himself with the diverse club cultures within the league. ### **His Career in the Countries He Played** He has played in only one country throughout his career, Türkiye. He has gained experience across a wide range of leagues, from the First League to the Super League, joining the squads of teams competing at various levels. He played for the second-league Yeni Mamak in 2018-19, again for Bandırma BK in 2019-20, at Bahçeşehir Koleji from 2020-22, at Türk Telekom in the 2022-23 season, and with [Anadolu Efes](/en/detay/anadolu-efes-7fd2a/llms.txt) in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. Yılmaz, who has never had any international or NBA experience, has played all of his professional matches in Turkish leagues. ### **National Team Career** Erkan Yılmaz began his national team career at the U18 level at the 2015 FIBA U18 European Championship. He then played for Türkiye at the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship, averaging 5.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per tournament. He was promoted to senior level and was included on the 2023 World Cup European Qualifiers and the [2025 EuroBasket Qualifiers](/en/detay/turkiye-mens-national-team-2025-eurobasket-7e0dc/llms.txt), playing in two different international tournament qualifying groups through 2023, albeit for limited stints. ### **Positions** Yılmaz, who plays in the power forward rotation, is defined as a “small forward” in the technical formation and assumes this role in defense and half-court attack. ### **Club Achievements** • 2022 FIBA Europe Cup championship (Bahçeşehir College) ### **National Team Achievements** • He was part of the Turkish U18 squad in the 2015 FIBA U18 European Championship • He played for the Türkiye U20 squad in the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship ## Academic Sources and References 1. Eurobasket. “Erkan Yılmaz | Darussafaka Istanbul.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Erkan-Yilmaz/Turkiye/Darussafaka-Istanbul/305014Eurobasket. “Erkan Yılmaz – Bandirma.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Erkan-Yilmaz/Turkey/Bandirma/83112Euroleague Basketball. “Player Profile – Erkan Yilmaz.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=006372FIBA. “Erkan Yilmaz – Player Profile.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/217558-erkan-yilmazFIBA. “Erkan Yilmaz – FIBA U18 European Championship 2012 Player Profile.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/263-fiba-u18-eurobasket/9135/players/217558-erkan-yilmazFIBA. “Erkan Yilmaz – FIBA U20 European Championship 2014 Player Profile.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/281-fiba-u20-eurobasket/10364/players/217558-erkan-yilmazTBLStat.net. “Player Details: Erkan Yilmaz.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://www.tblstat.net/player/2692Turkish Basketball Federation. “Basketball Player Detail – Erkan Yılmaz.” Accessed May 13, 2025.  https://www.tbf.org.tr/ligler/bsl-2022-2023/basketbolcu-detay/157002