my 2014 update:
u20 team won the gold medal, and u18 reached the final... at least these guys are now winning some medals, this mental boost may impact their future significantly...
Cedi Osman (SG, '95, Efes Pilsen) is the obvious bright prospect, being selected the tournament MVP and all. I think he'll be in rotation in EL too.
Emircan Kosut (C, '95, Efes Pilsen) showed tons of potential, some very nice moves and fundamental but he's too skinny yet...
Tayfun Erulku (PG/SG, '94, Mersin) was also impressive at times. He's a smart backcourt player, with correct in-game decisions all the time... he is too turnover-prone for a pg and the coach had to bench him at the expense of losing his scoring threat, which is actually quite good and he's clutch, but I hope he'll develop into a more stable player.
Kartal Ozmizrak, Metecan Birsen, Metin Turen and Talat Altunbey might have decent careers, but probably won't shine much... hopefully they'll be late bloomers and surprise us.
u18 is full of talent... really, if they can all develop into their potential, Turkish bball can regain a good place in europe and stay there for many years to come... I have to say, except for Furkan Korkmaz, who was the star of u16 last year, I had not watched the others a lot... a few games of Ayberk and Berk in Fener games, and a few games of Okben last year... that's it...
Egemen Guven (C, '96, Karsiyaka) can shoot, rebound and block... looked like the leader of this u18 team and displayed his quality in every minute on court... I really hope he has a better career than another Karsiyaka product, Kaya Peker, who used to be a skillful center before becoming a tough bricklayer.
Furkan Korkmaz (SG, '97, Efes Pilsen) is a natural born-scorer, a type of player our NT has missed for many years now... can definitely shoot, but also dribble and finish lay-ups... very optimistic about him...
Okben Ulubay (SG/SF, '96, Efes Pilsen)
Tolga Gecim (SF, '96, Banvit) is one of the most interesting prospects of all Europe... an all-around tall point-forward... you won;t see him putting huge numbers, but you feel he's special when he's on court... has impressed many people over the years, and I personally felt more relaxed in games whenever he took over the PG role...
Ayberk Olmaz (C, '96, Fenerbahce) stepped in strong when Egemen Guven was having issues. Can shoot mid-range, defend and block... considering his development so far, I think we have every reason to be quite optimistic about him...
Ege Arar (PF/C, '96, Galatasaray) has shown he can shoot, block and rebound, but not consistently, and I'm not sure if his future is on center position, more like SF/PF I think...
Ogulcan Baykan (SG, '96, Efes Pilsen) was a bit interesting shooter. His shot selection is questionable, but his confidence is definitely not, which makes him very promising prospect in my eyes...
Berk Ugurlu (PS, '96, Fenerbahce) has the eternal weakness of Turkish point guards, being unable to finish lay-ups (he must watch Greek guard Stamatis to learn how to do it). He's fearless nonetheless, and has a great coach for him to exceed his potential...
Good for turkish basketball.