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Four Turkish youth enter NBA Draft 2018

Berke Atar, Erxhan Osmani, Berkan Durmaz and Muhaymin Mustafa take their chances to become NBA players

Ersin Çelik
17:37 - 5/06/2018 Tuesday
Update: 17:38 - 5/06/2018 Tuesday
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Four Turkish youngsters will take their chances in the upcoming NBA Draft 2018.

According to NBA's official list of players entering this year's draft, Berke Atar, Berkan Durmaz, Muhaymin Mustafa and Erxhan Osmani will participate.

Berke Atar, born in 1999, and Erxhan Osmani, born in 1999, play for Bandirma Kirmizi of Turkish basketball league's second division.

Berkan Durmaz, born in 1997, plays for TOFAS and Muhaymin Mustafa, born in 1999, plays for Anadolu Efes.

A total of 236 players -- 181 players from colleges and post-graduate institutions and 55 international players -- have filed as early entry candidates.

Croatian sensation Luka Doncic of Real Madrid highlights this year's foreign players list; his team had won the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, making him the youngest ever Most Valuable Player of the Final Four.

The draft will take place on June 21 Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

#Berkan Durmaz
#Berke Atar
#Erxhan Osmani
#Muhaymin Mustafa
#NBA Draft
#Turkish players
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