What Turkish city between the Karakum Desert and the Kopec Dag mountain range also boasts a famous Turkish basketball player?
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.
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.