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After being admitted to the [[Turkey women's national volleyball team|Turkey national team]], she experienced many important achievements, the most current of which is the silver medal at the [[2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship|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.
After being admitted to the [[Turkey women's national volleyball team|Turkey national team]], she experienced many important achievements, the most current of which is the silver medal at the [[2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship|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.


== Criticism on her sexual orientation ==
== Personal life ==
In August 2021 Karakurt had shared a photo on her Instagram account with her girlfriend. The Instagram post was published by the conservative newspaper ''[[Takvim]]'', which called her sexual orientation and relationship "scandalous" and claimed that "it might affect the youth in Turkey adversely", which in turn led to her subjection to homophobic slurs on social media. After the attacks Karakurt has received messages of support on social media.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-16|title=Ebrar Karakurt: Supporters rally around Turkish volleyballer after abuse|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58229818|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref> Turkish National Volleyball Federation spokesperson Kurtaran Mumcu supported Karakurt and criticized homophobic comments directed at her. [[Demet Akalın]], [[Eda Erdem Dündar]] and [[Naz Aydemir]] were among the people that have shown support to Karakurt.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turks rally around Olympic volleyball star attacked over sexuality - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/turks-rally-around-olympic-volleyball-star-attacked-over-sexuality|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.al-monitor.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu'ndan homofobik saldırılara maruz kalan Ebrar Karakurt'a destek|language=tr|work=BBC News Türkçe|url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-58229356|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
In August 2021, Karakurt had shared a photo on her Instagram account with [[Lesbian|her girlfriend]]. The Instagram post was published by the [[conservative]] newspaper ''[[Takvim]]'', which called her sexual orientation and relationship scandalous, expressing that it might affect the youth in Turkey adversely, which in turn led to her subjection to widely criticism on social media. Turkish Islamic scholar [[Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü|Cübbeli Ahmed]] said; ''"People could be tormented aswell, not the sinner only, if they doesn't oppose such bad deeds."'' following she [[Coming out of the closet|revealed her orientation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/c_ahmethoca/status/1427240265966919686|url=https://twitter.com/c_ahmethoca/status/1427240265966919686|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cübbeli targetted Ebrar Karakurt and Mehmet Özhaseki|url=https://halktv.com.tr/gundem/cubbelinin-hedefi-ebrar-karakurt-ve-mehmet-ozhaseki-653526h|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Halk TV|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=Cübbeli criticised Ebrar Karakurt: If one stays silent, they cannot avoid the torment|url=https://www.haberler.com/cubbeli-ahmet-ebrar-karakurt-olayini-sert-dille-14334914-haberi/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Haberler.com|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cübbeli Ahmed: It is needed to ban those sites so we can have peace|url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/cubbeli-ahmet-ebrar-karakurt-u-hedef-aldi-elinde-yetki-olanlar-bu-sitelere-ulasimi-engellemelidir-ki-toplu-helaklara-maruz-kalmaktan-selamette-kalalim,972413|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=T24|language=Turkish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cübbeli Ahmed criticising Karakurt: I wonder what kind of troubles she could gather on us|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/galeri/cuppeli-ahmet-milli-voleybolcu-ebrar-karakurtu-hedef-aldi-basimiza-ne-isler-acacak-1860959|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr|language=tr}}</ref> After these reactions, Karakurt has received messages of support on social media.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-16|title=Ebrar Karakurt: Supporters rally around Turkish volleyballer after abuse|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58229818|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref> Turkish National Volleyball Federation spokesperson Kurtaran Mumcu supported Karakurt and opposed the criticism directed at her. Alongside singer [[Demet Akalın]], her teammates [[Eda Erdem Dündar]] and [[Naz Aydemir]] were among the people that have shown support to Karakurt.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turks rally around Olympic volleyball star attacked over sexuality - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/turks-rally-around-olympic-volleyball-star-attacked-over-sexuality|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.al-monitor.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu'ndan homofobik saldırılara maruz kalan Ebrar Karakurt'a destek|language=tr|work=BBC News Türkçe|url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-58229356|access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>


== Honours ==
== Honours ==

Revision as of 17:55, 23 November 2021

Ebrar Karakurt
Personal information
Born (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 24)
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block304 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubItaly Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Career
YearsTeams
2014–15
2016–20
2020–21
2021–		Turkey Bursa BŞB
Turkey VakıfBank
Turkey THY
Italy Igor Gorgonzola Novara
National team
2017Turkey U18
2017–Turkey U23
2018–Turkey
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing the  Turkey
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Turkey Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
FIVB Nations League
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nanjing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rimini Team
Women's U23 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ljubljana Team

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 YollarI (THY) in 2020.

National team

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.

Criticism on her sexual orientation

In August 2021, Karakurt had shared a photo on her Instagram account with her girlfriend. The Instagram post was published by the conservative newspaper Takvim, which called her sexual orientation and relationship scandalous, expressing that it might affect the youth in Turkey adversely, which in turn led to her subjection to widely criticism on social media. Turkish Islamic scholar Cübbeli Ahmed said; "People could be tormented aswell, not the sinner only, if they doesn't oppose such bad deeds." following she revealed her orientation.[12][13][14][15][16] After these reactions, Karakurt has received messages of support on social media.[17] Turkish National Volleyball Federation spokesperson Kurtaran Mumcu supported Karakurt and opposed the criticism directed at her. Alongside singer Demet Akalın, her teammates Eda Erdem Dündar and Naz Aydemir were among the people that have shown support to Karakurt.[18][19]

Honours

Club

National team

Individual


References

  1. ^ "Turkey – Ebrar Karakurt". FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  2. ^ "Turkey – Ebrar Karakurt". Volleyball Nations League. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  3. ^ "Bahçeşehir'den iki yıldız voleybolcu". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  4. ^ "2014–2015 Bayanlar Ligi – 19 Ebrar Karakurt" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  5. ^ a b "Dünya Şampiyonu Ebrar Karakurt 1.Lig'de forma giyecek". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  6. ^ a b "Ebrar Karakurt – The Turkish Promise". Volleyball Movies. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  7. ^ "VakıfBank A Takımı'na altyapıdan 3 yeni oyuncu". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  8. ^ "Turkey, Bulgaria and Italy take the lead in Pool I". CEV. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  9. ^ "Karakurt: "Maçı Aldığımız Yanlışına Düştük, Unutmamamız Gereken Bir Ders"". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  10. ^ "U18 Milliler Dünya 4., Ebrar Rüya takımda". Voleybol Aktuel (in Turkish). 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  11. ^ "U23 Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı 2017 Dünya 23 Yaş Altı Kadınlar Voleybol Şampiyonası'nı kazandı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  12. ^ "https://twitter.com/c_ahmethoca/status/1427240265966919686". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-18. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  13. ^ "Cübbeli targetted Ebrar Karakurt and Mehmet Özhaseki". Halk TV (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Cübbeli criticised Ebrar Karakurt: If one stays silent, they cannot avoid the torment". Haberler.com (in Turkish). 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-11-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Cübbeli Ahmed: It is needed to ban those sites so we can have peace". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Cübbeli Ahmed criticising Karakurt: I wonder what kind of troubles she could gather on us". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Ebrar Karakurt: Supporters rally around Turkish volleyballer after abuse". BBC News. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  18. ^ "Turks rally around Olympic volleyball star attacked over sexuality - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  19. ^ "Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu'ndan homofobik saldırılara maruz kalan Ebrar Karakurt'a destek". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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