Yeşilyurt Women’s Volleyball, now renamed to Bakırköy Belediyesi Yeşilyurt Women’s Volleyball, is the women's
volleyball
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section of
Turkish
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* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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sports club Yeşilyurt S.K. in
İstanbul
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,
Turkey
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. Founded in 1956 in
Yeşilyurt neighborhood of
Bakırköy
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district, the club's colors are . The team is playing its home matches at the
Yeşilyurt Arena
Yeşilyurt (Turkish for "green homeland") may refer to:
Turkish places
Neighborhoods
* Yeşilyurt, Istanbul, a neighborhood of the district of Bakırköy, Istanbul Province
* Yeşilyurt, İzmir, a neighborhood of the district of Karabağlar, İ ...
.
Current squad
.
Head coach: Üzeyir Özdurak
Former players
;
*
Tülin Altıntaş
*
Ergül Avcı
*
Pelin Çelik
Pelin Çelik (born 23 May 1982 in Istanbul) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 172 cm and plays as setter for Azeri volleyball club Azerrail Baku. She studied at Istanbul Bilgi University.
She played 275 times for national team. She als ...
(2001-2003)
*
Neslihan Demir Darnel
Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a retired Turkish people, Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among Fédération Internationale de Volleyball#FIVB Heroes, FIVB Heroes. She represent ...
(1998-2002)
*
Esra Gümüş
Esra Gümüş Kirici (born 2 October 1982 in Ankara) is a former Turkish volleyball player. She is 181 cm and plays as an outside hitter. She is a former team captain of the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She started her career wit ...
(2000-2004)
*
Özge Kırdar (2005-2006)
*
Eylem Şenkal
*
Bahar Toksoy
Bahar Toksoy Guidetti (born 6 February 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays as a middle blocker. She currently plays for Türk Hava Yolları SK. She plays for the Turkish national team.
Career Club career
With VakıfBank, she won th ...
(2004-2006)
;
*
Oksana Parkhomenko (2000-2001)
;
*
Saymai Paladsrichuay (2008-2009)
*
Narumon Khanan (2008-2009)
References
External links
Official Yeşilyurt Volleyball Website
Turkish Volleyball Federation Official Website
Volleyball clubs in Istanbul
Sport in Bakırköy
Women's volleyball teams in Turkey
1956 establishments in Turkey
Volleyball clubs established in 1956
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Turkish volleyball clubs