16.09.2025 19:30
President Erdoğan received the Turkish National Men's Basketball Team. The dialogue between Erdoğan and Adem Bona brought smiles to their faces. In response to Erdoğan's question, "Ooo Adem, how are you?" Bona replied, "I'm good, bro, how about you?" Erdoğan, responding with "Good," smiled and said to Bona, who replied "I know," "He has also mastered Turkish."
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the A National Men's Basketball Team, which won the silver medal at the 2025 European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket 2025).
ERDOĞAN-BONA DIALOGUE BECAME AGENDA
The dialogue between President Erdoğan and Adem Bona overshadowed the meeting itself.
The dialogue is as follows;
President Erdoğan: Ooo Adem, how are you?
Adem Bona: I'm good, bro, how are you?
President Erdoğan: Good
Adem Bona: I know
President Erdoğan: He also got the Turkish
ERDOĞAN: I CONGRATULATE OUR ATHLETES ONCE AGAIN
On the other hand, President Erdoğan stated in a post on his social media account that they met with the A National Basketball Team at the Presidential Complex. "I congratulate our athletes once again, who put on an extraordinary fight at the 2025 European Basketball Championship, bringing the excitement of the final to our country after a 24-year longing," Erdoğan said, noting that they watched a very different tournament and a very different national team this year.
President Erdoğan expressed, "I thank our managers, technical team, and athletes for their success in representing our country in Europe. Of course, we are a bit sad about the trophy we couldn't reach despite being so close. But the fact is that we have achieved an extraordinary momentum in basketball. We need to continue to strengthen this. I believe that we will achieve the European championship that we narrowly missed this year in the coming years. I also think that we will participate in the World Basketball Championship to be held in Qatar in 2027 and become the strongest team in the tournament." During the reception, Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, AK Party İzmir Deputy and former Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, and Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) President Hidayet Türkoğlu were also present.
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