Gamze Durmuş Pakkan (; 1994) is a Turkish female
FIFA-listed football referee.
She is an academic at
Gazi University
Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey.
It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...
in Ankara, Turkey.
Sports career
Domestic competitions
Durmuş was born in 1993,
and started her football official career as
assistant referee
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in a
Turkish Women's Football Third League match played in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
on 7 December 2014.
İn 2015, she was promoted to referee, and officiated the
Turkish Women's Football Second League match on 20 December between
Fomget GSK and Ovacık GSK.
On 1 October 2016, she served for the first time as
fourth official
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in the
Turkish Men's Football U21 League match between
Kardemir Karabükspor
Kardemir Demir Çelik Karabükspor, known simply as Kardemir Karabükspor or Karabükspor, was a Turkish sports club based in Karabük. The team was founded in 1969 after a merger between "Karabük Gençlikspor" and "Demir Çelik Spor". The club ...
and
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...
.
On 23 October the same year, she officiated her first
Turkish Regional Amateur League
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match.
On 10 March 2017, she debuted as referee in a
TFF Third League (Professional) match.
Her first
Turkish Women's Football First League match as referee took place between
Fomget GSK and
Kireçburnu Spor
Kireçburnu Spor Women's Football () is a women's association football, women's football team based in Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It was formed in 2010 as part of the 1951-established Foot ...
on 22 December 2019.
She was promoted to a
video assistant referee
The video assistant referee (VAR) is a Assistant referee (association football), match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those revi ...
(VAR) position in the
Turkish Men's Football Super League match between
Galatasaray S.K.
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...
and
Fatih Karagümrük S.K. on 2 April 2022.
On 23 October 2022, she served the first time as referee in the
TFF Second League (Professional) match between
Bucaspor 1928
Bucaspor 1928 is a Turkish football club located in Buca, İzmir. The team competes in the TFF Second League, the third tier of Turkish football.
History
Bucaspor 1928 was founded in 2011 as ''İzmir İl Özel İdarespor''. Prior to the 2013– ...
and
Balıkesirspor
Balıkesirspor is a Turkish sports club, club based in Balıkesir. Established in 1966, the Association football, football team played in the Süper Lig after achieving promotion having finished as runners-up of the TFF First League in 2013–14 T ...
.
On 11 March 2023, she debuted as fourth official in a
Turkish Men's Super League match.
As of 1 October 2023, she has served in various official roles in a total of 163 matches at different level domestic men's and women's competitions.
Gamze Durmuş and her husband Burak Pakkan were appointed to officiate the
2021–22 TFF First League derby match in Ankara on 12 September 2021 between
MKE Ankaragücü
MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (), is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Ankara. The football team wears a yellow and navy kit and plays its home matches at Eryaman Stadium following the ...
and
Gençlerbirliği S.K.
Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü (pronounced ), commonly known as Gençlerbirliği, is a Turkish sports club based in Ankara. Formed in 1923, Gençlerbirliği are nicknamed ''Ankara Rüzgârı'' (The Wind of Ankara) or simply ''Gençler'' (The Yo ...
While Burak administered the match, she served as the fourth official.
That a married referee couple were together in charge in an official league match happened for the first time in the history of Turkish football.
International competitions
Nominated by the Turkish Referee's Cemtral Committee (, MHK), she was confirmed as a
FIFA-listed football referee in December 2020.
In November 2021, she officiated one match at the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E UEFA Group E of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: Denmark, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Malta, and Montenegro. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decide ...
.
In September 2021 and March 2022, she administered four matches at the
2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – League B, Group B1.
In October 2023, she served in two matches at the
2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification.
Personal life
Durmuş lives in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, Turkey. On 20 June 2021, she married in Ankara to Burak Pakkan, who is also a football referee.
Durmuş holds a
PhD
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
title in
Sport management
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from the Faculty of Sports at
Gazi University
Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey.
It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...
in Ankara,
and is a faculty member at the same university.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Durmus, Gamze
1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ankara
Gazi University alumni
Academic staff of Gazi University
Turkish football referees
Turkish women referees and umpires
Women association football referees