Former national basketball player Asım Pars died by suicide at his home in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Details:

• Former national basketball player Asım Pars passed away at the age of 48.
• His lifeless body was found in his family home in the Tojsici neighborhood of the Tuzla canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• The Tuzla Canton Ministry of Interior Security Directorate confirmed that Asım Pars committed suicide by hanging himself.
• The reason for the suicide has not yet been determined.

Career:

• He played in the final of EuroBasket 2001 with the national team jersey.
• In Turkey, he played for Galatasaray, Tuborg, Ulkerspor, Tofas, Fenerbahce, Anadolu Efes, Pınar Karsiyaka, Türk Telekom, Mersin and Erdemirspor.