Former Turkish basketball participant, Asım Pars was discovered lifeless at his house in Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Monday.
He was 48 years previous.
Police confirmed that Pars’s physique was found in his household residence within the northeastern city.
Born in 1976, Pars started his basketball profession with the Sloboda Tuzla workforce in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.
He relocated to Türkiye in the course of the Balkan Wars, which lasted from 1992 to 1995, and went on to get pleasure from a profitable skilled profession.
During his time in Türkiye, Pars performed for a number of distinguished groups, together with Galatasaray, Tuborg Pilsener, Ulkerspor, TOFAŞ, Fenerbahçe, Efes Pilsen, Pınar Karşıyaka, Türk Telekom, Mersin Buyukşehir Belediye and Erdemirspor.
Notably, he was a part of the Turkish nationwide workforce that secured a silver medal on the 2001 European Basketball Championship.
The Turkish basketball group mourns Pars’s passing, with condolences flooding in from varied quarters.
Hidayet Türkoğlu, president of the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF), expressed his sorrow on social media: “I was saddened to learn of the passing of Asım Pars, a significant figure in Turkish basketball. I wish peace for the deceased and extend my condolences to his family and the basketball community.”
The TBF additionally launched a press release, saying, “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former national team player Asım Pars. We wish him peace and extend our condolences to his family and the basketball community.”
Numerous golf equipment and athletes, together with Anadolu Efes, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Karşıyaka, TOFAŞ and Türk Telekom, have shared messages of sympathy for Pars’s household throughout this troublesome time.
Source: www.dailysabah.com