Melek Bilge (born March 23, 1989, in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

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) is a Turkish professional

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. Melek's parents are

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

immigrants from

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. She has both Turkish and Serbian citizenship. She currently plays for Bodrum Belediyesi in Second League of Turkey at position

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Career

On 21 July 2010, Galatasaray Medical Park announced that Melek had joined the team on a five-year contract.

Awards and achievements

*Turkish Cup Finalist -2006 *Turkish U18 National Team -2006-2007 *Turkish National Team -2008 *Turkish U20 National Team -2008 *European Championships U20 in Chieti (ITA) -2008 *Qualifications to European Championships 2009: 5 games: 2.4ppg, 1.4rpg *European Championships in Latvia -2009: 3 games: 0.7ppg

References

External links

Profile
at eurobasket.com
Statistics
at

Turkish Basketball Federation The Turkish Basketball Federation ( tr, Türkiye Basketbol Federasyonu, TBF) is the national federation for basketball in Turkey. It is headquartered in Istanbul. They organize the Basketball Super League, the Turkish Basketball Cup and the Turk ...

1989 births Living people Basketball players from Istanbul Centers (basketball) Turkish women's basketball players Migrosspor basketball players Beşiktaş women's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Turkish people of Bosniak descent {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub