Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç

Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç
Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç of Palmberg Schwerin (2023)
Personal information
Born (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999
Ankara, Turkey
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Spike310 cm (122 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite hitter
Current clubKuzeyboru
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2015–2019
  • 2019
  • 2019–2021
  • 2021–2022
  • 2022–2024
  • 2024–2025
  • 2025–2026
  • 2026–
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Turkey
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2026 MacauTeam
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2022 OranTeam

Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç (born 15 January 1999) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the opposite hitter position for Kuzeyboru, and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[1]

Club career

Yüzgenç started her voleyball playing career in the Gazi Üniversitesi Sports Club in her hometown. At the age of sixteen only, she was included in the A team of Halkbank Ankara, where she played four seasons. In the next two seasons, she was in Ankara with PTT Spor and Karayolları.[2][3][4] In April 2021, she transferred to Fenerbahçe.[5][4] In June 2022, she moved to Germany,[6] and played two seasons for Palmberg Schwerin.[7] In 2024, she went to South Korea, and signed with Pink Spiders, which finished the 2024–25 season as champion.[8] In June 2025, she moved to Greece to play for AEK Athens.[9] After one season, she returned home, and joined the Aksaray-based club Kuzeyboru.[10]

She plays in the opposite hitter position, and is 192 cm (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb). She has 310 cm (120 in) spike and 300 cm (120 in) block height.[1]

International career

With the Turkey women's U18 team, Yüzgenç became champion at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia.[11]

In 2016, she played at the CEV Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship in Slovakia, and took the bronze medal as captain of the Turkey women's U19 team.[2]

She was part of the Turkey women's national volleyball team, which won the silver medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria.[12] She was included in the broad squad of the national team for participation at the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.[9][10]

Personal life

Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç was born in Ankara, Turkey,[4] on 15 January 1999.[1]

,== Honours == [13]

Club

PTT Spor
Turkish Women's Volleyball First League
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1): 2018–19
Fenerbahçe
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1): 2021–22
Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1): 2021–22
FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1): 2021
CEV Women's Champions League
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1): 2021–22
Palmberg Schwerin
German Women's Volleyball League
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1): 2023/2024
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1): 2022/2023
German Women's Volleyball Cup
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1): 2022/2023
German Women's Volleyball Super Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1): 2023/2024
Pink Spiders
South Korean V-League
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1): 2024–25
AEK Athens
Balkan Women's Volleyball Club Cup
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1): 2025–26

International

Turkey U18
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1): 2015
Turkey U19
CEV Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1): 2016
Turkey
Mediterranean Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1): 2022

Individual

[14]

Best Opposite hitter (1)
2016 Balkan Women's U16 Volleyball Championship Cup (Turkey U16)
Best Outside hitter (1)
2015 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship (Turkey U18)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç" (in Turkish). Women Volleybox. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Halkbank'ın milli gururu Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç". Volybol Plus (in Turkish). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Er, Sinem (9 May 2020). "Milli voleybolcu Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç: Anneler günü baharın gelişinin habercisidir". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hoş Geldin Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç Fenerbahçe Opet'te". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç Almanya'da forma giyecek". Voleybol Magazin (in Turkish). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Almanya'da Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç'e ödül". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Güney Kore'de şampiyon Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 8 April 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç'in yeni rotası Yunanistan". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 1 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Tutku Burcu, Türkiye'ye Kuzeyboru ile döndü". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 18 May 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Yıldız Kız Milli Voleybol Takımı, şampiyon oldu". Bursa Haber (in Turkish). 1 August 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Filenin Sultanları'ndan gümüş madalya". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç" (in Turkish). Women Volleybox. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç" (in Turkish). Women Volleybox. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
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