A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 17 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude in April 2017.
Beşiktaş J.K. are the defending champions, having beaten BB Ankara Spor 3–0 in the previous season's playoff finals.
The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away round-robin system.
[1] The following 14 clubs compete in the Turkish Handball Super League during the 2016–17 season.
Marmara Gücü SK, Trabzon and Ankara Il Özel Idare were relegated from the previous season and Beykoz Belediyesi GSK, Selçuklu Belediyespor, Aziziye Belediyesi Termal Spor and Yozgat Bozok Spor were promoted from 2015-16 Turkish 1.lig.