Nilay Kartaltepe (born 13 January 1979 in

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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 gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in

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and the silver medal at EuroBasket 2011 in Poland.

Honors

Turkish Women's Basketball League The Women's Basketball Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi, KBSL), also known as the Herbalife Nutrition Women's Basketball Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top women's professional basketball division of the Turkish wo ...

**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 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 Turkey women's national basketball team players {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub