Yalçın Granit
Yalçın Granit, whose father died when he was a child, entered Darüşşafaka High School, an institution for orphans only, in the sixth grade.[1][2] At the age 17, he finished high school, and was transferred by Galatasaray Basketball through its club president Ali Sami Yen.[2][3][4] Following his graduation from Istanbul University's Faculty of Natural Sciences as a geologist, he went to France to pursue his doctoral studies.[2] In 1958 at the age of 26, Granit became the coach of his high school team Darüşşafaka S.K., and led them in the 1959–60 to the championship title in the Istanbul Basketball League, their first and the only ever accomplishment.On 3 November, after funeral services at Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall and Türk Telekom Stadium and prayers at Zincirlikuyu Mosque, his body was buried in Kilyos Cemetery.