Beşiktaş Women’s Volleyball Team has added setter Nilay Özdemir from now-defunct Türk Telekomspor and middle blocker Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak from Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekomspor.

Both players participated in a signing ceremony held at Akatlar Cola Turka Arena today. While the Black and White signed Nilay Özdemir to a one-year contract with a year option, Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak will play for Beşiktaş on loan from Güneş Sigorta this season.
Born in 1990, the 1.84m tall Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak is also the Captain of Turkish under-18 National Team. The 1.80m tall Nilay Özdemir is born in 1985 and plays setter position.
Mr. Bülent Deriş, who is our Board Member in Charge of Volleyball, Handball, Rowing and Boxing Branches, commented on the new transfers, “I believe these new transfers will provide us extra strength on the court. We will now sign one more international player and close our transfer season. Our first goal is to win the Balkan Cup like we did last season. It will boost our morale and allow us to kick the season off with a bang. This season, we want to finish among the top 4 teams. We will need all the support we get from our fans.”