Melih Mahmutoglu

Melih Mahmutoğlu (born 12 May 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player and the team captain for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague.

With the junior national teams of Turkey, Mahmutoğlu played at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, at the 2009 and at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships. He also played for the Turkish national team, and won the gold medal, at the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

He also played with the senior Turkish national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015.

Mahmutoğlu, whose original surname was Brničanin, originates from Serbia's southwestern city of Novi Pazar. He is of Bosniak origin.