What Turkish city between the Karakum Desert and the Kopec Dag mountain range also boasts a famous Turkish basketball player?
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Valentin Pastal Valentin Pastal (born June 9, 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Best Balıkesir of the Turkish Basketball League (TBL). He has also competed for the Turkey national basketball team, making most of his appearances through 2004 and 2005. Pastal has previously been with Efes Pilsen and Pınar Karşıyaka, 2 of the 7 teams he has represented in the course of his playing career. Although he is generally considered to be a small forward, the Ashgabat native is known for the versatility he headlines. Pastal is often set side by side with NBA player and fellow countryman Hedo Türkoğlu thanks to his multipurpose attributes.
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Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat , ; Russian: Ашхаба́д , "Ashkhabad"; ] ) — was named as Poltoratsk (Russian: Полтора́цк ; ] ) between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range.
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Kenan Sipahi Kenan Sipahi (, born May 26, 1995) is a Turkish-Kosovar professional basketball player for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). The point guard of Kosovar descent stands at 6 ft .
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Aichan Kara Giousouf Aichan Kara Giousouf (Turkish: "Ayhan Kara Yusuf" , Greek: Αϊχάν Καρά Γιουσούφ ) (born on
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Deniz Kılıçlı Mükremin Deniz Kılıçlı (born October 23, 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Trabzonspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).
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Hedo Türkoğlu Hidayet "Hedo" Türkoğlu (; born March 19, 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6'10" forward played for six teams throughout his NBA career.
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Garo Hamamcıoğlu Karabet "Garo" Hamamcıoğlu (born April 27, 1945 in Istanbul) is a former Turkish football player of Armenian descent and current chairman of the sports club Taksim SK in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Servet Çetin Servet Çetin (born 17 March 1981) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Mersin Idmanyurdu in the Süper Lig. He received the nickname "Ayıboğan" which literally means; "a man who could choke a bear", due to his height and strength. He also has the nickname "Türkü Baba" due to a large number of Turkish folk songs on his iPod.
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Aysu Keskin Aysu Keskin (born May 15, 1990 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female basketball player. The young national plays for Fenerbahçe İstanbul as guard position. Aysu is 177 cm tall.
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Hüsnü Çakırgil Hüsnü Çakırgil (born 3 October 1965 in Turkey) is a former Turkish professional basketball player. He was famous with his spectacular 3 point shoots and helped lot of times to Turkey national basketball team.
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Dilara Kaya Melis Dilara Kaya (born 7 November 1991) is a Turkish professional female basketball player of Galatasaray Medical Park.
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Murat Didin Kamil Murat Didin (born 19 March 1955) is a Turkish former basketball player and coach.
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Osman Kürşat Duman Osman Kürşat Duman (born March 13, 1987 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish professional footballer. He currently plays for Yalovaspor.
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Torku Konyaspor B.K. Torku Konyaspor Basket, is a professional basketball team from the city of Konya in Turkey. The team current plays in the Turkish Basketball First League.
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Darrell Griffith Darrell Steven Griffith (born June 16, 1958), also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is a retired American basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.
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Damian Kulig Damian Kulig (born June 23, 1987) is a Polish professional basketball player for Banvit of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He also represents the Polish national team internationally. Standing at 6 ft , he plays at the power forward and center positions.
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Dushak Dushak is a small town in the Karakum Desert on the rim of the Kopet Dag mountains of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.
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Nikola Kalinić (basketball) Nikola Kalinić (Serbian Cyrillic: , born 8 November 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is a 2.02 m tall small forward.
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Karakoçan Karakoçan (Ottoman Turkish: تپه‎ "Hill", Kurdish: Dep‎ , Armenian: "Oxi" ) is a town and district of Elazığ Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The mayor is Burhan Kocaman (Democratic Regions Party). The population is 13,279.
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Melek Bilge Melek Bilge (born March 23, 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish professional female basketball player. Melek's parents are from Serbia. She has both Turkish and Serbian citizenship. She currently plays for Bodrum Belediyesi in Second League of Turkey at position center.
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Enes Kanter Enes Kanter (born May 20, 1992) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft , he plays at the center position.
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Ülker G.S.K. Ülker Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Ülker or Ülkerspor, is a defunct professional basketball club that was based in İstanbul, Turkey. The club competed in the Turkish Basketball League. The club played its home games at the Abdi İpekçi Arena.