Turkey will be competing in the Summer Olympic in Rio de Janeiro with 103 athletes, 48 of them female. The games, set for Aug. 5-21, were a hot topic in Turkey prior to the July 15 attempted coup.
People could be heard debating whether the women’s basketball team could bring home a medal, while cheering for them with a tune by pop star Candan Ercetin. In her catchy song, Ercetin, who is a board member of the Galatasaray Sports Club, refers to the female basketball players as angels of the hoop, making it a popular way to rally sports enthusiasts for the 2016 games.