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{{Infobox Basketball club
| color1        = Orange
| color2        = Navy
| name          = Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi
| nickname      =
| logo          = Mersin BB logo.png
| image_size    =
| leagues       = [[Turkish Basketball First League|TBL]]
| founded       = 1993
| dissolved     = 2018
| history       = '''Mersin BB'''<br/>(1993 – 2018)
| arena         = [[Edip Buran Arena]]<br/>[[Servet Tazegül Arena]]
| capacity      = 1,750<br/>(2005–2013, 2014–2018)<br/>7,500<br/>(2013–14)
| location      = [[Mersin]], [[Turkey]]
| colors        = Orange and Navy {{color box|orange}} {{color box|navy}}
| president     =
| coach         =
| championships =
| website       = [https://www.thf.org.tr/kulup/mersin-buyuksehir-belediyesi-sk/279 Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi]
}}
'''Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK''' (''[[English language|English]]: Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club''), also known simply as '''Mersin BB''', was a professional [[basketball]] team based in the city of [[Mersin]] in [[Turkey]]. Their home arena was the [[Edip Buran Arena]] with a capacity of 1,750 seats. The team played in the [[Turkish Basketball First League]] (TBL) before it dissolved in 2018.
==History==
Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi was founded in 1993. The team was promoted to the [[Turkish Basketball League]] from the [[Turkish Second Basketball League]] for the [[2005–06 Turkish Basketball League|2005–06 season]]. After spending nine years in the top league, the team was relegated to the [[Turkish Basketball First League|TB2L]] following the [[2013–14 Turkish Basketball League|2013–14 season]]. Following the 2017–18 season, the team ceased operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi Basketball History |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Mersin-Buyuksehir-Belediyesi/6766/History |website=Eurobasket LLC |access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref>
==Season by season==
{|  class="wikitable"
!Season
!Tier
!League
!Pos.
!Postseason
![[Turkish Cup Basketball|Turkish Cup]]
!European Competitions
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2004–05
| align="center"|2
| [[Turkish Basketball First League|TB2L]]
| align="center"|{{Tooltip|3|Group D}}
| style="background:#97DEFF"|Promoted<sup>Champion</sup>
| –
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2005–06 Turkish Basketball League|2005–06]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|14
| –
| Quarterfinalist
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2006–07 Turkish Basketball League|2006–07]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|9
| –
| Group Stage
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2007–08 Turkish Basketball League|2007–08]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|10
| –
| Group Stage
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2008–09 Turkish Basketball League|2008–09]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|7
| style="background:#E8FFD8"|Quarterfinalist
| Group stage
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2009–10 Turkish Basketball League|2009–10]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|12
| –
| style="background:silver"| [[Turkish Cup Basketball|Runner-up]]
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2010–11 Turkish Basketball League|2010–11]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|13
| –
| [[2010–11 Turkish Cup Basketball|Group Stage]]
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2011–12 Turkish Basketball League|2011–12]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|10
| –
| [[2011–12 Turkish Cup Basketball|Group Stage]]
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2012–13 Turkish Basketball League|2012–13]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|12
| –
| [[2012–13 Turkish Cup Basketball|Group Stage]]
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2013–14 Turkish Basketball League|2013–14]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Turkish Basketball League|TBL]]
| align="center"|15
| bgcolor=#FFCCCC|Relegated
| [[2013–14 Turkish Cup Basketball|Group Stage]]
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2014–15 TB2L season|2014–15]]
| align="center"|2
| [[Turkish Basketball First League|TB2L]]
| align="center"|18
| bgcolor=#FFCCCC|Relegated
| –
| –
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[TB3L 2015–16 season|2015–16]]
| align="center"|3
| [[Turkish Basketball Third League|TB3L]]
| align="center"|
|
|
| –
|-
|}
==Notable players==
{{colbegin|colwidth=20em}}
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Harun Erdenay]]
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Nedim Yücel]]
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ümit Sonkol]]
* {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Kimani Ffriend]]
* {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Predrag Samardžiski]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Scales]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}-{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Bo McCalebb]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dionte Christmas]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Lofton]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Holston]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dominic James]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Sidney]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gerald Fitch]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Johnson (basketball player)|Jerry Johnson]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Michael Wright (basketball)|Michael Wright]]
{{colend}}
==See also==
* [[Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Women's Basketball]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161111054210/http://mersinbuyuksehirsk.com/ Official website] {{in lang|tr}}
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Turkey/Mersin_Buyuksehir_Belediyesi/6766 Eurobasket.com Page]
*[https://www.tblstat.net/team/29 TBLStat.net Profile]
*[https://www.facebook.com/Mersin-B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk%C5%9Fehir-Basketbol-Spor-kul%C3%BCb%C3%BC-641961099193882/timeline/ Facebook Page]
*[https://twitter.com/mersinBSBspork Twitter Page]
*[https://instagram.com/mersinbasket/ Instagram Page]
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