Dilan Deniz Gökçek İşcan (born 1976) is a Turkish referee and sports instructor from profession. She is a FIFA listed woman referee since 2005. Gökçek's interest in football began through her elder brother. Six sisters used to watch all football matches with their elder brother, and listen to his comments. Her elder sister

Kadriye Gökçek Kadriye Gökçek is a Turkish retired referee, and civil servant from profession. She was a FIFA listed woman referee since 2008. Early years Gökçek's interest in football began through her elder brother. Six sisters used to watch all footbal ...

decided to become a football referee inspired by the Turkish woman football referees Lale Orta and Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer. Dilan Deniz followed the footsteps of Kadriye as her sister attended a referee course. Her parents objected in beginning because this occupation is not coupled with social security. After she completed her studies for physical education at

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

, she pursued a profession as sports instructor. Dilan Deniz Gökçek began her career as an assistant referee on February 8, 1998, in the

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. After one year of serving as an assistant referee in the

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, she qualified to supervise matches as referee in that league on April 4, 1999. Since then, she serves in various levels of competitions. Gökçek received the FIFA badge in 2005. As of 2013, she is the country's one of the four international woman referees. In 2012, Gölçek oversaw the

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matches of

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against

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on October 20 and

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against

on October 25 in

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, Austria. Gökçek supervised the knockout stage match between the

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and the Kazakh

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at the

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on October 4, 2012, in

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, Norway. At the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship held in

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, she officiated the preliminary matches Sweden against

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on August 19 and

against

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on August 22. Gökçek oversaw the Group 4 match between

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and

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at 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification in Motherwell,

on September 26, 2013. She served in the men's football

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's 2015–16 season match Beşiktaş J.K. vs Kasımpaşa S.K. as the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gokcek, Dilan Deniz Living people 1976 births Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Ankara Marmara University alumni Turkish football referees Turkish sportswomen Women association football referees