Hikmet Vurgun is a Turkish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

coach, academic for physical education and sports and former handball player.

Private life

Hikmet Vurgun married Nilgün Akış, also a handball coach, academic and former handball player.

Academic career

Vurgun graduated from

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University () is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the fourth oldest unive ...

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

and obtained a master's degree in 2000. Pursuing an academic career, he was employed end 2004 as a

research assistant A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, research institute, or privately held organization to provide assistance in academic or private research endeavors. Research assistants work under ...

at the same university. He taught

sports coaching An athletic coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction, and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''Coach'' is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the ...

in his capacity as

assistant professor Assistant professor is an academic rank just below the rank of an associate professor used in universities or colleges, mainly in the United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. Overview This position is generally taken after earning a doct ...

at the Physical Education and Sports College of the

Celal Bayar University Manisa Celal Bayar University or (CBU) is a public research university located in Manisa, Turkey. CBU traces its root back to 1959 as an independent sports and teachers' college in Manisa. The main campus is in Muradiye district of Manisa. Th ...

Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...

. In 2014, he was admitted to the faculty of

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University () is a state university founded on 17 March 2006 in Rize, Turkey. The university is predominantly science and health oriented. The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association Caucasus Universit ...

in conjunction with his move to the Ardeşen GSK in

Rize Rize (; ; ; ka, რიზე}; ) is a coastal city in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Rize Province and Rize District.

Player

Vurgun began his sports career as a handball player in

Coach

Club

In 2007, Vurgun attended a coaching course of the

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, Au ...

. The same year, he was appointed head coach of İzmir BB GSK's women's handball team. In June 2014, he transferred to the

Rize Rize (; ; ; ka, რიზე}; ) is a coastal city in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Rize Province and Rize District.Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK () is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province, Turkey. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun. The te ...

National team

After retiring from playing, he continued his sports career as coach. In 2007, he was appointed assistant to Péter Kovács, the Hungarian head coach of the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is managed by the Turkey Handball Federation. The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidari ...

. After serving as assistant coach until 2010, he was promoted to the position of head coach of the women's national team, and the manager of the national team.

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