Emel Sığırcı (born 24 October 1992 in
Ayvalık
Ayvalık (), formerly also known as Kydonies (), is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 305 km2, and its population is 75,126 (2024). It is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean Se ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
) is a Turkish
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
player. She currently plays for the
Turkish professional basketball club
Ä°zmit Belediyespor
Ä°zmit Belediyespor is a Turkish women's basketball club based in Ä°zmit, Turkey. The club was founded in 1995 and currently competing in the Women's Basketball Super League.
History
The club was invited to the Super League in 2018 after the Ya ...
.
See also
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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 ...
External links
Player Profile at fenerbahce.org
1992 births
Living people
Turkish women's basketball players
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Fenerbahçe women's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Power forwards
People from Ayvalık
Sportspeople from Balıkesir Province
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