Turkey women's national volleyball team
The Turkey women's national volleyball team is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations.
The team is one of the most successful national sport teams of the country and is nicknamed "Filenin Sultanları" since the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship hosted in Ankara, Turkey. It is ranked 12th in the FIVB World Rankings as of September, 2019. They are the bronze medalist of both 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. Giovanni Guidetti is the current head coach of the team.History
was the first Turkish woman to engage in the game of volleyball which was introduced in Turkey in the 1910s. Gürayman, as a young woman, played for the Fenerbahçe men's volleyball team. Turkish women volleyball has undergone a rapid transformation since the 2000s achieving many successes at both club and national level, causing a massive impact in Turkish society. As a result, women volleyball is one of the best followed sports in Turkey.Achievements
Olympic Games
Nations League
Mediterranean Games
Team
Current squad
The following is the Turkish roster in the 2018 World Championship.
Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2018–19 club |
| | 26 4 1993 | | | | |  Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| | 23 4 1991 | | | | | Eczacıbaşı VitrA |
| | 17 10 1996 | | | | | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| | 27 7 1995 | | | | | Eczacıbaşı VitrA |
| | 5 7 1994 | | | | | Türk Hava Yolları |
| | 1 9 1997 | | | | | Eczacıbaşı VitrA |
| | 17 9 1993 | | | | | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| 10 | | 19 01 1995 | | | | | Galatasaray S.K. |
| 13 | | 3 2 1988 | | | | | Galatasaray S.K. |
| 14 | | 22 6 1987 | | | | | Fenerbahçe |
| 15 | | 17 1 2000 | | | | | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| 18 | | 7 7 1999 | | | | | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| 20 | | 21 7 1995 | | | | | Nilüfer BS |
| 23 | | 24 10 2000 | | | | | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
Former squads
- 2003 European Championship — Silver Medal
- :Bahar Mert, Esra Gümüş, Sinem Akap, Özlem Özçelik, Aysun Özbek, Natalia Hanikoğlu, Mesude Kuyan, Pelin Çelik, Çiğdem Can, Gülden Kayalar, Seda Tokatlıoğlu and Neslihan Darnel. Head Coach: Reşat Yazıcıoğulları.
- 2009 European League — Silver Medal
- :İpek Soroğlu, Pelin Çelik, Neslihan Darnel, Nihan Yeldan, Seda Tokatlıoğlu, Deniz Hakyemez, Naz Aydemir, Esra Gümüş, Eda Erdem, Duygu Bal, Gözde Kırdar and Gülden Kayalar Head Coach: Alessandro Chiappini.
- 2011 European Championship — Bronze Medal
- :Asuman Karakoyun, Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma, Gizem Güreşen, Elif Onur, Ergül Avcı, Polen Uslupehlivan, Bahar Toksoy, Güldeniz Önal, Naz Aydemir, Esra Gümüş, Neriman Özsoy, Eda Erdem, Neşve Büyükbayram, Selime İlyasoğlu, Neslihan Darnel, Özge Kırdar Çemberci and Ceren Kestirengöz. Head Coach: Marco Aurelio Motta.
- 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix — Bronze Medal
- :Gülden Kayalar Kuzubaşıoğlu, Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma, Gizem Güreşen, Ergül Avcı, Bahar Toksoy, Güldeniz Önal, Naz Aydemir, Esra Gümüş, Neriman Özsoy, Eda Erdem, Neslihan Darnel and Nilay Özdemir. Head Coach: Marco Aurelio Motta.
- 2014 European League — Gold Medal
- :Ezgi Dilik, Kübra Akman, Ceylan Arısan, Bihter Dumanoğlu, Polen Uslupehlivan, Yeliz Başa, Hatice Gizem Örge, Cansu Çetin, Gözde Yılmaz, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Çağla Akın and Özgenur Yurtdagülen. Head Coach: Ferhat Akbaş.
- 2015 Montreux Volley Masters — Gold Medal
- :Seniye Merve Dalbeler, Gizem Karadayı, Dicle Nur Babat, Kübra Akman, Polen Uslupehlivan, Seda Aslanyürek, Büşra Cansu, Güldeniz Önal Paşalıoğlu, Naz Aydemir Akyol, Neriman Özsoy, Gözde Yılmaz, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Aslı Kalaç, Çağla Akın and Ezgi Dağdelenler. Head Coach: Ferhat Akbaş.
- 2015 European Games — Gold Medal
- :Seniye Merve Dalbeler, Gizem Karadayı, Dicle Nur Babat, Kübra Akman, Polen Uslupehlivan, Seda Aslanyürek, Büşra Cansu, Güldeniz Önal Paşalıoğlu, Naz Aydemir Akyol, Neriman Özsoy, Gözde Yılmaz, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Aslı Kalaç and Çağla Akın. Head Coach: Ferhat Akbaş.
- 2015 European League — Silver Medal
- :Melike Yılmaz, Birgül Güler, Buse Kayacan, Fatma Yıldırım, Ceren Kestirengöz, Ezgi Dilik, Ezgi Dağdelenler, Meryem Boz, Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak, Damla Çakıroğlu, Cansu Aydunoğulları, Serpil Ersarı. Head Coach: Ismail Yengil.
