Turkey now turns its attention to the EuroBasket final, where it will seek its first-ever championship. Standing in the way is an undefeated Germany squad led by Franz Wagner and Dennis Schröder. Both Turkey and Germany are unbeaten in the tournament, sweeping their five group-stage games and all three knockout-round matchups.

Led by Rockets big man Alperen Sengun, Turkey advanced to the EuroBasket semifinals on Tuesday by defeating Poland 91-77 in the tournament’s quarterfinal matchups. Following this performance, the Turkish team moved to a perfect 7-0, helping exceed their high expectations that the team had when coming into this year's tournament.

Alperen Şengün records EuroBasket’s youngest triple-double as Turkey beats Poland to reach semifinals for first time since 2001.

With 24 points (50% FG), 16 rebounds, and 6 assists, Rockets star Alperen Sengun dominated again as Turkey advanced to the EuroBasket quarterfinals.

Detours caused by the closed airspace could increase the travel time of flights from Israel to countries like Georgia and Azerbaijan by almost two hours. Turkey has decided to completely sever all commercial and economic ties with Israel and is closing its airspace to Israeli planes, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday.

Poland’s run at the European basketball championship ended on Tuesday with a 77-91 loss to Turkey in the quarterfinals in Riga, Latvia.