Nevriye Yılmaz (pronounced[ˈnevɾiːyejɯɫˈmaz]; born 16 June 1980) is a Turkish retired basketball player. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria in a Turkish family, moved to Istanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.
In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship with Boğaziçi Lisesi.
Career in Europe
She began her basketball career with I.U.S.B.K. (1997–99) and then she played Galatasaray (1999–01) where she won her first Turkish Championship in Turkey.
Yılmaz is the first Turkish woman to play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 1999, she participated in the Charlotte Sting's training camp, but was released before the season started. In 2000, she attended the training camp for the now-defunct Miami Sol, but was also released prior to the start of the regular season. Then in 2003, Yılmaz signed a free agent contract with the Phoenix Mercury and played five games for them. The following year, 2004, she played seven games for the San Antonio Silver Stars.
With more than 180 games (188 games until 7 December 2007) played Yılmaz the most capped national player or Turkey. She was a student in the Sports Academy at the Istanbul University.
She participated London Olympic games 2012 and Rio Olympic games 2016.
