Career
He played for the Galatasaray team in Istanbul. Upon retiring, he became a referee, calling many international games, including the Hungary-Czechoslovakia final of the 1955 European Championship. Turgut Atakol also wrote a book "Techniques of Basketball Refereeing", which was adopted as a guidebook by International Basketball Federation. He was enshrined in the International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2007.