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New Zealand guard Mark Dickel is returning to Turkey for the third time after leaving German league basketball champions Brose Basket Bamberg.
Dickel, 31, ended his German contract yesterday and immediately boarded a plane for Turkey to play for first division club Mutlu Aku Selcuk Universitesi Konya.
"This will be my fourth stint in Turkey. I know the country and I'm comfortable there. I like it a lot," said Dickel, who played for Fenerbahce in 2002-03 and 2003-04.
In the last seven games for Bamberg, Dickel had played more than 20 minutes just once.
"I just want to play. Nobody wants to not play," said Dickel, who came to Germany in September."
- NZPA WGT dg
