Asım Pars

Asım Pars (born Asim Paščanović;^[1] 1 April 1976 – 23 September 2024) was a Turkish professional basketball player. He stood 2.13 m tall and played as a center. He had a dual citizenship, Turkish and Bosnian.^[2]

Asım Pars

Personal information
Born	(1976-04-01)1 April 1976 Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	23 September 2024(2024-09-23) (aged 48) Tojšići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality	Bosnian, Turkish
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1998: undrafted
Playing career	1992–2013
Position	Center
Number	5, 8, 11, 14
Career history
1992–1993	Sloboda Dita
1993–1994	Galatasaray
1994–1996	KK Zagreb
1996	Tuborg
1996–1998	Ülkerspor
1998–2000	Tofaş
2000–2001	Fenerbahçe
2001–2002	Ülkerspor
2002–2003	Efes Pilsen
2003	Dynamo Moscow
2003–2006	Tuborg
2006–2007	Lokomotiv Rostov
2007–2008	Pınar Karşıyaka
2008–2009	Türk Telekom
2009–2012	Mersin BB
2012–2013	Erdemirspor
Medals Representing  Turkey FIBA European Championship 2001 Turkey National team

Personal life and death

During the early 2000s, Pars married his girlfriend Amra Mehinović.^[3] The couple's first child, son Emre, was born in 2003.^[3] Their second child, daughter Saira, was born in 2010 in Adana while Mersin player Pars was in town for a game versus Adana Demirspor and his pregnant wife, who had accompanied him for the trip, unexpectedly went into labour.^[3]

On 23 September 2024, Pars' body was found at his family home in Tojšići, near Kalesija. He was 48.^[4][5][6] According to media reports, Tuzla Canton Interior Ministry and Kalesija Medical Center determined his death to have come about via suicide by hanging.^[6][7][8]