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Yalçın Granit
Yalçın Granit (born September 17, 1932) is a Turkish basketball player, coach and sports journalist.
He was born in Istanbul on September 17, 1932. Yalçın Granit, whose father died when he was a child, entered Darüşşafaka High School, an institution for orphans only, in the sixth grade. He played football in the school team, though he was directed to playing basketball.
At the age 17, he finished high school, and was transferred by Galatasaray Basketball through its club president
, Cemil Sevin, Sadi Gülçelik, Ertem Göreç, Ayhan Demir (Coach: ?)
1952 Olympic Games: finished 22nd among 23 teams
Yalçın Granit, Ali Uras, Mehmet Ali Yalım, Altan Dinçer, Sacit Seldüz, Nejat Diyarbakırlı, Yılmaz Gündüz, Sadi Gülçelik, Yüksel Alkan, Turhan Tezol, Erdoğan Partener, Güney Ülmen (Coach: ?)
1955 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 18 teams
Yalçın Granit, Mehmet Ali Yalım, Altan Dinçer, Sadi Gülçelik, Tunç Erim, Yüksel Alkan, Turhan Tezol