Burcu Çetinkaya (born March 19, 1981) is a Turkish

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driver and currently a television presenter. She was educated in

Robert College The American Robert College of Istanbul ( tr, İstanbul Özel Amerikan Robert Lisesi or ), often shortened to Robert, or RC, is a Selective school, highly selective, Independent school, independent, mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary ...

between 1992 and 1999. During this time, she played basketball. After two years spent at

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, USA, she returned to Turkey to continue her education in economics at the

Koç University Koç University ( tr, Koç Üniversitesi) is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumelifeneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç Universit ...

and graduated in 2005. In 2003, she earned the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom and giant slalom events at the Turkish Women's Snowboard Championships.

Auto racing career

She debuted in auto racing with Hittite Rally in 2005. The same year, she won the Istanbul Ladies Rally Championship as a VW Polo Ladies Cup pilot. At

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she participated in her first

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event. She was the winner of the Castrol Fiesta Sporting Trophy in 2008. In 2012, she became the runner-up in the Qatar National Rally Championship. In 2015, she married Fatih Mehmet Bucak. They have one son. They divorced in 2019.

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Burcu Çetinkaya at motorsporları.netProfile at eWRC-results.com
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Auto racing career

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