Türk Hava Yolları (women's volleyball)

Türk Hava Yolları Women's Volleyball Team is a Turkish women's volleyball team from Istanbul which is owned by Turkish Airlines. This team play their matches at the 7.000-seated TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall.

Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü

Full name	Türk Hava Yolları Spor Kulübü
Short name	THY
Founded	1979 / 2016
Ground	TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Ahmet Bolat
Manager	Kamil Söz
Captain	Büşra Kılıçlı
League	Sultanlar Ligi
2023–34	4
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
2 BVA Cup 1 Turkish Volleyball 1.League

The club was founded in 1979 but withdrew from volleyball leagues in the 1993–1994 season. In 2016, with Turkish Airlines chairman of the board and executive committee İlker Aycı being elected as the club president, the team returned to the volleyball arena and started its competition in the Turkish Women's Volleyball 2nd League.^[1] In the 2016–2017 season, it was promoted from the Turkish Women's 2nd League to the 1st League, and in the 2017–2018 season, it was promoted from the 1st League to the Sultanlar Ligi as the champion.^[2]

• Turkish Women's Volleyball League (1985–1994)
• Turkish Women's Volleyball 2nd League (2016–2017)
• Turkish Women's Volleyball 1st League (2017–2018)
• Turkish Volleyball Sultanlar Ligi (2018–present)

Honours

European competitions

• CEV Cup: 2022–23
• CEV Challenge Cup: 2020–21^[3]
• BVA Cup: 2019,^[4] 2020^[5]

Domestic competitions

• Turkish Volleyball League: 2020–21
• Turkish Volleyball 1.League: 2017–18
• Turkish Volleyball 2.League Group A: 2016–17
• Turkish Cup: 2021–22, 2023–24

Roster

Season 2024–2025

No	Player	Position	Birth Date	Height	Nation
1	Melis Yılmaz	Libero	28 June 1997	1.67	Turkey
2	Buse Kayacan Sonsırma	Libero	15 July 1992	1.76	Turkey
3	Emine Arıcı	Middle Blocker	17 January 1997	1.92	Turkey
4	Tuğba Şenoğlu İvegin	Outside Hitter	2 February 1998	1.84	Turkey
6	Özlem Tuğral	Setter	21 October 2001	1.83	Turkey
7	Çağla Çiçekoğlu	Setter	19 January 1995	1.77	Turkey
8	Ada Germen Korkmaz	Wing Spiker	24 June 1997	1.83	Turkey
9	Büşra Kılıçlı (C)	Middle Blocker	16 July 1990	1.88	Turkey
10	Selin Coşkun	Opposite	16 July 1990	1.90	Turkey
11	Anthí Vasilantonáki	Outside Hitter	9 April 1996	1.96	Greece
12	Diana Duarte	Middle Blocker	22 February 1999	1.94	Brazil
14	Melis Durul	Outside Hitter	21 October 1993	1.83	Turkey
17	Júlia Bergmann	Outside Hitter	21 February 2001	1.91	Brazil
21	Roberta Ratzke	Setter	28 April 1990	1.85	Brazil
22	Hanna Orthmann	Outside hitter	3 October 1998	1.88	Germany
44	Karmen Aksoy	Middle Blocker	8 July 2003	1.92	Turkey

Notable players

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Domestic players  Turkey Kübra Akman Karmen Aksoy Emine Arıcı Naz Aydemir Dicle Nur Babat Çağla Çiçekoğlu Merve Dalbeler Zeynep Sude Demirel Şeyma Ercan Küçükaslan Aslı Kalaç Ebrar Karakurt Buse Kayacan Sonsırma Büşra Kılıçlı Özge Kırdar Kinasts Neriman Özsoy İpek Soroğlu Tuğba Şenoğlu İvegin Bahar Toksoy Polen Uslupehlivan Melis Yılmaz Özgenur Yurtdagülen

European players  Azerbaijan Polina Rahimova  Belgium Freya Aelbrecht  Bulgaria Dobriana Rabadžieva Hristina Ruseva  Czech Republic Aneta Havlíčková  Germany Hanna Orthmann  Greece Anthí Vasilantonáki  Serbia Jelena Nikolić  Netherlands Anne Buijs

Non-European players  Brazil Júlia Bergmann Macris Carneiro Diana Duarte Roberta Ratzke  Canada Emily Maglio Kiera Van Ryk  China Su Zent Puerto Rico Stephanie Enright Daly Santana  United States Lauren Carlini TeTori Dixon Madison Kingdon

Players written in italic still play for the club.

Technical and managerial staff

Staff as of November 8, 2024^[6]

Name	Position
Asuman Karakoyun Baş	Team manager
Kamil Söz	Head coach
Yalçın Özbek	Assistant coach
Baran Yılmaz	Coach
Muhammet Karakuş	Statistician
Abdullah Akay	Physiotherapist
Bilal Aslan	Physiotherapist
Yusuf Karadaş	Doctor

Head coaches

This is a list of the senior team's head coaches in the recent years.

Period	Head coach
2018–2019	Suphi Doğancı
2019–2023	Marcello Abbondanza
2023–2023	Kamil Söz
2023–2024	Zé Roberto
2024–	Kamil Söz

See also

• Turkish Airlines

External links

• Turkish Airlines official website (in Turkish) (in English)
• Türk Hava Yolları SK official website (in Turkish) (in English)
• Turkish Volleyball Federation official website (in Turkish)