ðstanbul Teknik ÃÂniversitesi B.K. (English: Istanbul Technical University Basketball Club), commonly abbreviated as ðTàBK or simply ðTÃÂ, is a Turkish professional basketball club that is based in Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the most successful clubs in the history of the Turkish Basketball League, having won the league championship five times. Their home arena is the ITU Ayazaga Sports Center in Istanbul Technical University's Maslak campus.
Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years are ðbrahim Kutluay, Harun Erdenay and Hüseyin Alp.
The ITàbasketball team was founded by former president of the Istanbul Technical University ðlhami CivaoÃÂlu and ITU graduate Nami Sukal in 1953. The team participated at the first Turkish Basketball League in the 1966âÂÂ67 season. The golden era of the club was between 1967 and 1973. During this period, the team won 5 out of 6 national championships. After 1973, ðTàgradually declined and relegated to the second league for the first time in the 1977âÂÂ78 season. The team played first-tier basketball between 1979 and 1994, 1996âÂÂ1998, 1999âÂÂ2000 and 2001âÂÂ2006. They were known as "Raks ðTÃÂ" in 1996âÂÂ97 and "Aras ðTÃÂ" in the 2003âÂÂ04 season. In the 2010âÂÂ11 season, ðTàonce again was relegated to the third-tier but returned to the second league in the 2012âÂÂ13 season. However, the club faced two successive relegations between 2014 and 2016 and ended up in the Regional Basketball League.