Meliha İsmailoğlu Diken (born Meliha Smajlović, 17 September 1993 in

Gradačac Gradačac () is a city located in the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, roughly south of the Sava river. As of 2013, ...

) is a

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

n- Turkish

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She is tall at . Currently, she plays for Fenerbahçe. İsmailoğlu is a member of the

Turkey women's national volleyball team The Turkey women's national volleyball team () is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations. The team is the most successful national sports team in the country and h ...

Career

Clubs

The daughter of a former basketball player, she too aspired to become a basketball player. However, due to lack of a women's basketball team in her hometown, she chose playing volleyball. She began her sports career at the age of eight in the club Kula Gradacac in her hometown. In 2009 and 2011, she was named "Player of the Year". In the summer time, she played also

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

in Bosnia Herzegovina. In 2011, İsmailoğlu was invited to Turkey by the

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

-based İller Bankası. In May 2014, she signed with Fenerbahçe. She transferred to

Eczacıbaşı VitrA Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. As of 2023, the Group's 50 companies employ more than 13,500 people, operate 40 production plants, and generate a combined net turnover of TL 33 billion. Group E ...

in 2017 and Vakıfbank in 2019. Finally she returned to Fenerbahçe in 2021.

National team

İsmailoğlu was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina youth and juniors national teams. Her double citizenship enabled her to opt in playing for the

. She played at the

2014 Women's European Volleyball League The 2014 Women's European Volleyball League was the sixth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries. Turkey defeated Germany 6–2 in the final, which ...

that won the gold medal. She represented Turkey at the qualification round for beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Awards

National team

– Gold medal * 2014 Grand Prix finals – 4th place *

2015 Montreux Volley Masters The 2015 Montreux Volley Masters is a women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland between May 26 – 31, 2015. Turkey won the tournament for the first time by winning 3-2 to Japan in the championship match. Japanese Yuki Ishii was s ...

– Gold medal *

2015 European Games The 1st European Games (), also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015 (), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the Europe ...

– Gold medal *

2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament. Competition formula The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of ...

– Silver medal * 2018 Nations League – Silver Medal * 2019 European Championship – Silver Medal * 2021 Nations League – Bronze Medal * 2021 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Club

* 2014 Turkish Super Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe Grundig * 2014–15 Turkish Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig * 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig * 2015-2016 Turkish cup – Champion, with Fenerbahce Grundig * 2015-2016 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig * 2016–17 Turkish Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe * 2016–17 Turkish Volleyball League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig * 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank * 2020

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

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Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank * 2020–21 Turkish Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank * 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank * 2020-21 CEV Champions League – Silver Medal, with Vakıfbank * 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet * 2022-2023 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig * 2022–23 Turkish Volleyball League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet * 2023-2024 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig * 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet * 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet * 2024 Turkish Super Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Medicana * 2024–25 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Medicana

Individuals

* ''Player of the Year'' – 2009 and 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Meliha Diken
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ismailoglu, Meliha 1993 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina women's volleyball players Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Turkey Turkish women's volleyball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkish beach volleyball players Women's beach volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for Turkey European Games medalists in volleyball İller Bankası volleyballers Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players People from Gradačac Sportspeople from Tuzla Canton Turkish people of Bosniak descent Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkey women's international volleyball players Competitors at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Turkey Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportswomen

Career

Clubs

National team

Awards

National team

Club

Individuals

See also

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