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Burcu Görgün Toptaş
Burcu (}) is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Burcu" means "Scent", "Fragrance", "Redolence" and/or petrichor. People * Burcu Alıcı (born 2001), Turkish weightlifter * Burcu Bircan (born 1988), a Turkish volleyball player * Burcu Çetinkaya (born 1981), Turkish rally driver * Burcu Dağ (born 1981), Turkish world champion para-archer * Burcu Dolunay (born 1984), Turkish swimmer * Burcu Düner (born 1979), Turkish-German footballer * Burcu Erbaş (born 1988), a Turkish basketball player * Burcu Esmersoy (born 1976), Turkish anchorwoman, journalist, occasional actress, former model * Burcu Güneş (born 1975), a Turkish singer * Burcu Köksal (born 1980), Turkish politician * Burcu Özsoy (born 1976), Turkish antarctic scientist * Burcu Pirinçci (born 1990), Turkish handball player * Burcu Sallakoğlu (born 1987), Turkish taekwondo practitioner * Burcu Yüksel Burcu Yüksel (née Ayhan; ; born 3 May 1990 in Kadirli, Osmaniye Province) is a Turkish female h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes (unlike isogamy where they are the same size). The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the reproductive system, as with mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Erbaş
Burcu Erbaş (born 8 January 1988 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female basketball player. The young national plays for Fenerbahçe İstanbul as point guard. Burcu is 175 cm tall and 60 kg weights. She is playing for Fenerbahçe İstanbul since 2000 in youth level and since 2006-07 in senior level. She played 35 times for Turkey national women's basketball team. Honors *Turkish Championship **Winners (1): 2007 *Turkish Cup **Winners (1): 2007 *Turkish Presidents Cup **Winners (1): 2007 See also * Turkish women in sports Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several important trophies, especially in Athletics (sport), athletics, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball. Participati ... References External linksPlayer profile at fenerbahce.org 1988 births Living people Turkish women's basketball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Fenerbahçe women's basketball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Yüksel
Burcu Yüksel (née Ayhan; ; born 3 May 1990 in Kadirli, Osmaniye Province) is a Turkish female high jumper. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics club, where she is coached by Cüneyt Yüksel. The tall athlete is at . Biography She earned the gold medal at the 2007 Black Sea Games and the silver medal at the Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, 2009 Mediterranean Games. Ayhan was the bronze medalist at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. She became gold medalist at the 64th Balkan Championships held in Sliven, Bulgaria. At the 2011 European U23 Championships held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, she jumped 1.94 m high breaking new national record, and earned the bronze medal. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia. Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuksel, Burcu 1990 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Sallakoğlu
Burcu Sallakoğlu (born August 13, 1987) is a Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight (72 kg) class. She is from Adana. She is a member of the Büyükşehir Belediye Ankara SK. Personal life She grew up in a family with domestic violence. Her father used to mistreat her mother. The family's financial status was very good, but there was not an atmosphere of peace. Her parents had severe cultural differences due to parentage. The family spent almost all assets for the father's therapy. Burcu's father died at the age of 35 from leukemia. Her mother made self-sacrifice, and tried to run her husband's business, however, without success. The family came into major financial diffulties. Burcu was at the age of twelve. At this time, she began with taekwondo at Adana Tezel Aslanlar, a nearby sport club, where her coach Rıdvan Kurt and his wife gave her a warm familiar atmosphere. She liked taekwondo much, which helped her to forget all the bad things sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Pirinçci
Burcu Pirinçci, aka Burcu Dindar, (born February 8, 1990) is a Turkish women in sports, Turkish women's team handball, handballer, who plays in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK (women's handball), İzmir BB GSK, and the Turkey women's national handball team, Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the center back position. In 2013, Burcu Pirinçci married Hasan Dindar, a goalkeeper of the Yeni Bornovaspor football team. She played for Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK (women's handball), Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK from 2005 to 2008 before she transferred to İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK (women's handball), İzmir BB GSK. She took part in the Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cups (2005–06 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, 2005–06, 2011–12 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup, 2011–12 and 2012–13 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup, 2012–13), Women's EHF Cup (2006–07 Women's EHF Cup, 2006–07, 2009–10 Women's EHF Cup, 2009–10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Özsoy
Burcu Özsoy (born in Gaziantep, Turkey, in 1976) is a Turkish scientist who works with sea ice remote sensing in Antarctica. Özsoy is head of the first Turkish polar research center, ITU PolReC. Early life and education Özsoy is a native of Turkey and graduated from Yıldız Technical University with degrees of Bachelor and Master in Geodesy-Photogrammetry Engineering. In 2001 she started serving as Research Assistant (RA) in Istanbul Technical University. In 2003 she joined the Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Lab, Department of Geological Sciences at University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Özsoy always had an interest in statistical mathematics and geo-physical sciences and combined both fields by becoming a remote sensing expert. In 2005, she worked on her PhD at the UTSA. During her work there, she met key U.S. and other international scientists and institutions, including those who worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She was interested in Antarctic remote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Köksal
Burcu Köksal (born 18 January 1980) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is currently the Mayor of Afyonkarahisar. She previously served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar from 7 June 2015 until she was elected mayor in 2024. Early life and career Burcu Köksal was born on 18 January 1980 to a family of teachers in Afyonkarahisar. She completed her primary and secondary education in Afyonkarahisar and graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She has been a lawyer in Afyonkarahisar since 8 March 2004. She took part in Ataturkist Thought Association, Afyonkarahisar Branch of Association for the Support of Contemporary Life and Consumer Protection Association. Political career Koksal served as President of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Afyonkarahisar Women's Branch in 2007. Köksal contested CHP preselection for the June 2015 general election, beating incumbent CHP MP Ahmet Toptaş for the first place list position, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Güneş
Burcu Güneş (; born 12 August 1975) is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Burcu Güneş, who is also known for her works on animal rights participated in a meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and animal rights activists in February 2011, and has also collaborated with HAYTAP on projects concerning animal rights. HAYTAP, 28 July 2011 Discography Albums Remix and compilation albums Singles Filmography |
Burcu Esmersoy
Kamile Burcu Esmersoy (born 2 October 1976) is a Turkish actress, anchorwoman, journalist, model, occasional and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her nation at Miss International 1997 in Japan. She received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Female Presenter. Burcu Esmersoy is one of Turkey's leading female reality show hosts and highest-paid television personalities. Amongst the Turkish television shows hosted by Esmersoy are ''Ver Fırına'', ''Survivor Turkey, Survivor'', ''Popstar'', ''Nedir Ne Değildir'', ''Late Summer Night with Burcu Esmersoy'', ''Komedi Türkiye'', ''En Güzel Bölüm'', ''Elin Oğlu'', and ''Dancing with the Stars''. As an actress, she starred in ''Romantik Komedi'' (2010), ''Dedektif Memoli'' (2011), as Aylin Youlin in ''Çocuklar Duymasın'' (2012), and as special guest star Melda in ''Bir Erkek Bir Kadın'' (2013), Turkish adaptation of the French-language Canadian comedy television series ''Un gars, une fille''. Burcu Esmersoy has been the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Düner
Jennifer Burcu Düner (born 20 August 1979), known as Jennifer Düner in Germany and Burcu Düner in Turkey, is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. After playing in German clubs she moved to Turkey. Born in Germany, she made eight appearances the Turkey national team scoring two goals. Club career Düner played in Germany for the Frauen-Bundesliga clubs FFC Flaesheim-Hillen (1999–2001), FFC Heike Rheine (2001–2004) and SG Wattenscheid 09 (2007–2008) in the forward position. She received her license in Turkey on 4 February 2009 from Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor, where she played until October that year. For the 2009–10 season, Burcu Düner transferred to Bursa Sağlıkgücü Gençlikspor. There, she played two seasons. International career Düner made her international debut in the Germany U-19 team at the UEFA Under-19 European Championship play-off match against Poland on 14 October 1997. Burcu Düner was called up to the Turkey national team, and debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Dolunay
Burcu Dolunay (; born 17 February 1984) is a Turkish female swimmer competing in the freestyle events. The tall sportswoman at is a member of Galatasaray Swimming team since 2006. She studied at Istanbul University. Dolunay is holder of several national records in freestyle. She qualified to participate in the 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle events at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, she won two bronze medals in the 50 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay events. Life Dolunay was born 17 February 1984 in İzmir, Turkey. Personal bests ;Long course *50 m freestyle 25.22 NR (5 May 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey) *100 m freestyle 55.29 NR (2 May 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey) *4 × 100 m medley relay NR 4:07.56 (27 May 2012 - Debrecen, Hungary) *4 × 100 m freestyle relay NR 3:47.35 (21 June 2013 - Mersin, Turkey) ;Short course *50 m freestyle 25.22 NR (11 December 2011 – Szczecin, Poland) *100 m freestyle 55.15 NR (16 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
