Turan signs Tamar Papuashvili

Turan Turkestan (D1) signed 23-year old Georgian international power forward Tamar Papuashvili (180cm-2003). She is the second foreign player in the roster as Ukrainian Ganna Rulyova signed here earlier. She has played for the last two seasons at Caspiy Aktau. In 29 Kazakhstan games in Kazakhstan she had 10.0ppg, 6.7rpg, 4.0apg, 2.4spg and 1.8bpg in 2024-25 year. She helped them to make it to the semifinals. 2024-25 was a great season as she was named to Asia-Basket.com All-Kazakhstan League Honorable Mention.
She has also been a member of the Georgian international program for some years. Papuashvili has regularly played for the Georgian senior team since 2024 and previously for the Under 20 National Team in 2023.
She also represented Georgia at the FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries in Peja (Kosovo) this year. During this event, she scored an average of 12.7 points per game and had 5.3 rebounds per game.
Papuashvili has also played in Spain (Cordoba).