Aydan Siyavuş
[2] Siyavuş died at the age of 50 on 11 January 1998 in the state hospital in Silivri, Istanbul Province following a heart attack he contracted during a celebration in a hotel after a victorious match.He said later that "he quit playing basketball because he saw no future as a player due to his physical disadvantage caused by his excessive eating habit".[4] During his student years at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Istanbul Technical University, he devoted himself to coaching.After he made his first success by making his team won the title of the Turkey Youth Basketball Championship, he decided to drop out his engineering study in the third grade.The team gained a significant experience by winning five of the six matches at a tournament in the U.S., where they were invited by the University of Montana before the 1976–77 season.After winning two more consecutive league champion titles in 1976-77 and 1977–78, the team made a "three-peat" coached by Siyavuş.However, already in the mid of the season, he left Fenerbahçe due to disagreements with the management, and transferred to Efes Pilsen.Their achievement to play in the quarterfinals of the 1989–90 FIBA Korać Cup was considered the greatest success of the team in Europe.Even though the team were unable to become league champion in the following seasons, they won the gold medal at the 1994–95 Turkish Basketball Cup.[4] Siyavuş was the most successful coach of the Turkish Basketball Super League holding seven champion titles, a record unbroken so far since 19 years as of 2018.The international success and the subsequent broadcasting of television series The White Shadow in Turkey played a great role in spreading the interest in basketball in the country.[4] In 1992, Siyavuş was persuaded by Yalçın Granit, the technical coordinator of national basketball teams, to take over the head coach post again.