Olcay Çakır Turgut (born 13 July 1993) is a Turkish

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player for Fenerbahçe of the

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. Çakır was selected 27th overall in the third round of the 2013 WNBA Draft by the

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. She was the first player from

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to be drafted into the WNBA.

Honors

Individual

* 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women – ''All Tournament Team member''

Club

* EuroLeague Women champion (

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) * EuroLeague Women runners-up (2013, 2014, 2022) *

EuroCup Women The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the second-level basketball competition with teams from associate members of FIBA Europe. It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup. Unlike the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup Men, the competition is entir ...

champion (2017) *

FIBA Europe SuperCup Women The SuperCup Women (or Women SuperCup) is a super cup competition organized by FIBA Europe and contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women. History The first edition of the Cup took place on October 20, 2009, and wa ...

champion (

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) *

runners-up (2017) * 9x

Turkish Women's Basketball League The Turkish Women's Basketball League (, TKBL), is Turkish basketball league system, the second-tier level women's professional basketball division of the Turkish women's basketball league system. The league was established in 1980 and is orga ...

champion (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025) * 2x

runners-up (2014, 2018) * 5x

Turkish Women's Basketball Cup The Turkish Women's Basketball Cup ( Turkish: ''Basketbol Kadınlar Türkiye Kupası''), also known as Bitci Turkish Women's Basketball Cup for sponsporship reasons, is a basketball cup competition in Turkish basketball, run by the Turkish Basketb ...

champion (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020) * 4x

runners-up (2012, 2013, 2014, 2019) * 8x

Turkish Women's Basketball Presidential Cup The Turkish Women's Basketball Presidential Cup ( Turkish: ''Kadınlar Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası''), or Turkish Women's Basketball Super Cup, is the professional basketball women's club super cup competition that takes place each year in Turkey. ...

champion (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024) *

runners-up (2011) *

Liga Femenina de Baloncesto The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of sports league, league competition for women's basketball in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's Liga ACB and is run by ...

runners-up (2024)

National team

* 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women – * 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women –

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