The Most Famous
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Turkey
This page contains a list of the greatest Turkish Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 121 Volleyball Players, 2 of which were born in Turkey. This makes Turkey the birth place of the 17th most number of Volleyball Players behind Germany and Ukraine.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Turkish Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Turkish Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Neslihan Demir (1983 - )
With an HPI of 32.33, Neslihan Demir is the most famous Turkish Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a retired Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the official advertisement face of Turkey for the 2020 Summer Olympics candidateship along with basketballer Hedo Türkoğlu. She was a left-handed opposite hitter and won numerous individual awards in the international tournaments. She studied at Gazi University.
2. Naz Aydemir (1990 - )
With an HPI of 31.40, Naz Aydemir is the 2nd most famous Turkish Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Naz Aydemir Akyol (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays as setter for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won a total of nine Turkish League championships, four with Vakıfbank, three with Eczacıbaşı and two with Fenerbahçe. She has four CEV Champions League championships, winning three with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She also has three FIVB Club World Championship, winning two with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She was part of the Turkey national team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as volleyball players born between 1983 and 1990. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living volleyball players include Neslihan Demir and Naz Aydemir. As of April 2022, 1 new volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Naz Aydemir.
