Hakan Demirel

İsmail Hakan Demirel (born 7 May 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He is 1.91 m tall and played the point guard position.

Career He studied at Istanbul Bilgi University. He started his professional career with Tofaş in Turkish Basketball 2nd League. He was recruited to play for the Western Carolina University Catamounts, but the NCAA declared him permanently ineligible as a collegiate athlete because he played professional basketball in Turkey.

Demirel played his whole professional career in Turkey with the following clubs : Tofaş, Fenerbahçe, Erdemir, Darüşşafaka, Antalya BB, Royal Halı Gaziantep, Tofaş, Uşak Sportif, Trabzonspor B.K. and İstanbul BB.

National team career With the junior national teams of Turkey, Demirel won the silver medal's at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

He was also member of the senior Turkish national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and the EuroBasket 2007.

Career highlights 2004 - Turkish 2nd Basketball League Championship 2002 - MVP of Turkish 2nd Basketball League 2004 - MVP of European Young Guards 2004 - 2nd Place of European Championship 2006 - 2nd Place of European Championship 2006 - 6th Place of World Championship 2007 - Turkish Basketball League Championship 2007 - Turkish President's Cup Championship 2007 - 10th best European young player 2008 - Turkish Basketball League Championship

Turkish national team 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: