Esmeral Özçelik Tunçluer (born 7 April 1980)
is a Dutch-Turkish former

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player for Fenerbahçe İstanbul. The national competitor plays in the guard position. She played with

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, Fenerbahçe, Botaş Spor and Mersin Metropolitan Municipality. Tunçluer won the

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champion title with Beşiktaş in 2005 and with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in 2007 to 2011. Tunçluer was member of the

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at the

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, which won the

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. She played 170 times for

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External links

Player profile at fenerbahce.org

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuncluer, Esmeral 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Ede, Netherlands Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Dutch expatriate basketball people in Turkey Turkish women's basketball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Botaş SK players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Beşiktaş women's basketball players Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi women's basketball players Guards (basketball) Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Turkey Turkey women's national basketball team players

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