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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Igor Gorgonzola Novara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 YollarI (THY) in 2020.[citation needed]
She was part of the Turkey U18 team, and played at the 2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship in the Netherlands,[8] as well as at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Argentina.[9] She was named one of the two Best Outside Spikers of the world tournament.[10]
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][11]
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]
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.[12][13] 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.[14][15][16][17] After these reactions, Karakurt has received messages of support on social media.[13] 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.
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