Ebrar Karakurt
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Born | 17 January 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 304 cm (120 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ebrar Karakurt (born 17 January 2000) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall and plays as opposite. She is part of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[1][2]
Volleyball career[]
Club[]
Karakurt started her volleyball career at DSİ Spor in Balıkesir. After settling in Bursa, she continued to play in her school team at Bursa Bahçeşehir Anadolu High School, and at the same time in the Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor.[3] She played for Bursa BB in the 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League.[4] She has two club licenses, which allow her to play for Bursa BB and Vakıfbank.[5] She was a member of the youth team at Vakıfbank before she was taken to the senior team.[5][6][7]
She was part of the Vakıfbank team, which became champion of the 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League. She played with the Vakifbank team until moving to the Turkish team Türk Hava Yolları (Türk Hava Yolları) in 2020.[8]
National team[]
She was part of the Turkey U18 team, and played at the 2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship in the Netherlands,[9] as well as at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina.[10] She was named one of the two Best Outside Spikers of the world tournament.[11]
She participated at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship in Slovenia with the Turkey U23 team, which became the champion of the tournament.[6][12]
After being admitted to the Turkey national team, she experienced many important achievements, the most current of which is the silver medal at the 2019 Women's European Championship organized in Ankara, Turkey. Before that, she played in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League with her team and reached to the silver medal.[citation needed]
Personal life[]
Karakurt is in a relationship with her girlfriend İmge. The couple has been living in Italy together since May 2021.[13]
Sexual orientation[]
In August 2021, Karakurt shared a photo of herself and her girlfriend on her Instagram account. The Instagram post was published by the conservative newspaper Takvim, which called her sexual orientation and relationship "scandalous", which in turn led to her being subjected to negative reactions on social media.[14][15] Turkish Islamic scholar Cübbeli Ahmed criticised her by saying that "People could be tormented aswell, not the sinner only, if they doesn't oppose such bad deeds." following she revealed her orientation.[16][17][18][19] After these reactions, Karakurt has received messages of support on social media.[15] The Turkish National Volleyball Federation spokesperson Kurtaran Mumcu supported Karakurt and criticized the comments directed at her. Singer Demet Akalın, her teammates Eda Erdem Dündar and Naz Aydemir were among the people that have shown support to Karakurt.
Honours[]
Club[]
- 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League,
2019 FIVB Club World Championship – *Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
National team[]
- 2017 U23 World Championship-
Gold Medal
- 2018 Nations League -
Silver Medal
- 2019 European Championship -
Silver Medal
- 2021 Nations League -
Bronze Medal
- 2021 European Championship
Bronze Medal
Individual[]
- 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship – "Best Outside Spikers"
- 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best Outside Spikers"
References[]
- ^ "Turkey – Ebrar Karakurt". FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship. Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Turkey – Ebrar Karakurt". Volleyball Nations League. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Bahçeşehir'den iki yıldız voleybolcu". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2018-07-05.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2014–2015 Bayanlar Ligi – 19 Ebrar Karakurt" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ a b "Dünya Şampiyonu Ebrar Karakurt 1.Lig'de forma giyecek". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2017-09-26. Archived from the original on 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ a b "Ebrar Karakurt – The Turkish Promise". Volleyball Movies. 2018-02-22. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "VakıfBank A Takımı'na altyapıdan 3 yeni oyuncu". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). 2018-06-22. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Ebrar Karakurt moves on loan to T.Airlines". Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "Turkey, Bulgaria and Italy take the lead in Pool I". CEV. 2017-04-01. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Karakurt: "Maçı Aldığımız Yanlışına Düştük, Unutmamamız Gereken Bir Ders"". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-08-26. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "U18 Milliler Dünya 4., Ebrar Rüya takımda". Voleybol Aktuel (in Turkish). 2017-08-28. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "U23 Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı 2017 Dünya 23 Yaş Altı Kadınlar Voleybol Şampiyonası'nı kazandı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2017-09-25. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ Mynet. "Ünlü voleybolcu Ebrar Karakurt ve sevgilisi İmge'den kavuşma pozu!". Mynet Magazin (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Ebrar Karakurt'un en büyük sırrı ifşa oldu! Herkes olimpiyatın yıldızı kimdir diye merak ederken skandal patlak verdi çıkanlar fena". takvim.com.tr. 2021-08-17. Archived from the original on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ a b "Ebrar Karakurt: Supporters rally around Turkish volleyballer after abuse". BBC News. 2021-08-16. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/c_ahmethoca/status/1427240265966919686". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
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- ^ "Cübbeli targetted Ebrar Karakurt and Mehmet Özhaseki". Halk TV (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cübbeli criticised Ebrar Karakurt: If one stays silent, they cannot avoid the torment". Haberler.com (in Turkish). 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cüppeli Ahmet, milli voleybolcu Ebrar Karakurt'u hedef aldı: Başımıza ne işler açacak". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr. 2021-08-12. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Sportspeople from Balıkesir
- Turkish women's volleyball players
- VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
- Turkey women's international volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Turkey
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- LGBT volleyball players
- LGBT sportspeople from Turkey