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One Team and BKT open new courts in Istanbul

One Team and BKT open new courts in Istanbul

Two newly-refurbished basketball courts opened in Istanbul on Thursday thanks to a joint project between One Team, Euroleague Basketball’s social responsibility program, and its partner BKT.

The indoor and outdoor courts are located at the public TEB Atasehir Anatolian High School, the partner of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul’s One Team program.

The court opening was attended by institutional representatives of Euroleague Basketball, BKT and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, including star players and One Team Ambassadors Pierria Henry and Ismet Akpinar, who joined Thursday morning’s court opening to help run a special activity with a group of 15 teenage students from the school as they enjoyed their new facility.

Abigail Martin, Euroleague Basketball’s Director of Sustainability and Development Projects, was also in attendance, and she said: “It is a great honor to be here inaugurating these amazing courts we have refurbished thanks to our partnership with BKT and our social program…

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