Omar El Turk

{{Short description|Lebanese Canadian basketball player (born 1981)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

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{{MedalCompetition | FIBA Asia Championship}}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Doha |Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Tokushima |Team}}

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Omar El Turk (in Arabic عمر الترك) (born September 30, 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a retired Lebanese Canadian basketball player and member of the Lebanon national basketball team.

El Turk is also a long-time member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He has competed with the team at three Asian championships, helping the team to a silver medal at both the FIBA Asia Championship 2005 and FIBA Asia Championship 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/eid/4046/pid/57928/sid/7038/tid/317/profile.html |title=FIBA Profile |access-date=2010-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810212244/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/eid/4046/pid/57928/sid/7038/tid/317/profile.html |archive-date=2009-08-10 |url-status=dead }} He also competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for the Lebanese, who finished with a national-best 2-3 record at the tournament.{{fact|date=May 2021}}

El Turk also played in Byblos Sporting Club {{Cite web |last=Eurobasket |title=Omar El Turk Player Profile, Byblos Sporting Club, News, Stats - asia-basket |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}

El Turk was born in Lebanon and his mother was a basketball player. He has two brothers both still living in Canada. Omar el Turk is married to Yasmin Khalil and they have two children.[https://archive.today/20120721135918/http://www.almustaqbal.com/storiesv4.aspx?storyid=516488 Al Mustaqbal: عمر الترك - لم ألعب ولن ألعب الا للقلعة الصفراء] {{in lang|ar}}