Nilay Kartaltepe (born 13 January 1979 in

Bakırköy Bakırköy is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district in the European part of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 226,685 (2022). Bakırköy lies between the State road D.100 (Turkey), D.100 highway (l ...

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) is a former Turkish professional basketball player who played for a number of teams in the Turkish Basketball Super League throughout her career. After her retirement as a player, she was assigned as the Director of Women's National Teams of the Turkish Basketball Federation.

International career

She was the member of the

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, which won the

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at the

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and the silver medal at EuroBasket 2011 in Poland.

Honors

Turkish Women's Basketball League The Turkish Women's Basketball League (, TKBL), is Turkish basketball league system, the second-tier level women's professional basketball division of the Turkish women's basketball league system. The league was established in 1980 and is orga ...

**Winners (4): 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 **Runners-up (1): 2010 *Turkish Cup **Winners (5): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 *Turkish Presidential Cup **Winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2007

Personal life

Nilay Kartaltepe is married to former national volleyball player

Cengizhan Kartaltepe Cengizhan Kartaltepe (born June 24, 1973 in Bandırma, Balıkesir) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 193 cm and plays as libero. He has been playing for Fenerbahçe SK since 2009 and wears the number 1. He played 151 times for the nat ...

since 2010.Nilay and Cengizhan's happy day
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References

External links

Profile at tbf.org.tr
1979 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Beşiktaş women's basketball players Botaş SK players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Olympic basketball players for Turkey Panküp TED Kayseri Koleji basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Istanbul Turkish women's basketball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's national basketball team players {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub