Cemile Timur (born 2 August 1988) is a Turkish former
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
er and
referee
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, who currently serves as
manager
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of
Hakkarigücü Spor
Hakkârigücü is a women's football club founded in 1989 and based in Hakkâri, eastern Turkey. The club plays their home matches in the Merzan Stadium.
History
The women's association football club Hakkârigücü Spor was founded by Cemil ...
in the Turkish Women's First Football League. She founded the first women's club at her hometown in 2008.
Early life
Timur was born to
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish language
** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern ...
parents in
Hakkâri Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to:
* Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq
*Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey
*Hakkâri Province
Hakkâri Province (, ; ), is a province ...
, southeastern Turkey on 2 August 1988.
She is the eldest daughter of a family with four children.
She studied
computer programming
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at Hakkâri Vocational School.
Sports career
Timur started taking part in athletics at the age of nine. Although she became successful at several competitive events, she had to retire from active athletics sport after seven years in 2007 due to lack of support. Later, she developed an interest in association football. She is a certified coach for athletics and association football, as well as a referee for both sports.
Club founder
During her high school years, Timur went to watch association football matches between girls at a regional boarding elementary school. At the same time, she served as referee in various interscholastic matches. After she witnessed the emotion and excitement of the spectators in the matches, she decided to form a girls' team. Despite the difficult