Turkey qualified for World Championship 2010 as being the host country. The Turkish national basketball team won 7 out of 7 games so far and progressed to semifinal to face Serbia in 11 September 2010. The team is nicknamed "12 Dev Adam" (literally: "12 Giant Men").
A new nickname, "12 Cesur Yürek" (12 Brave Hearts) was proposed after the young and inexperienced team's surprising performance in the 2006 World Championship, despite not having star players Hidayet Türkoğlu, Mehmet Okur, Mirsad Türkcan, Kerem Tunçeri and Hüseyin Beşok.
The Turkish Airlines are the official sponsor of the 2010 Fiba World Championship held in Turkey.
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