Zeynep Nur Kapaklıkaya

Zeynep Nur Kapaklıkaya
Personal information
Born (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000
Turkey
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Odunpazarı
Senior clubs
Years Team
Odunpazarı
National team
Years Team
2025–
 Turkey
Medal record
Women's Handball
Representing  Turkey
Islamic Solidarity Games
2025 Riyadh Team

Zeynep Nur Kapaklıkaya (born 20 June 2000) is a Turkish handballer, who plays in the right back position in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Odunpazarı and the Turkey national handball team.

Club career

Kapaklıkaya plays for the Eskişehir-based club Odunpazarı in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League. Her team finished the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Handball First League season as runners-up, and was promoted to the Super League in the 2025–26 season.[1]

International career

Burhan played in the national team,[2] which won the gold medal at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3]

Personal life

Zeynep Nur Kapaklıkaya was born on 20 June 2000.[4]

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's Handball First League
Odunpazarı
Runners-up (1): 2024–25

International

Turkey women's national handball team
Islamic Solidarity Games
(1): 2025

References

  1. ^ Çimen, Şüheda Buse (30 November 2025). "Şehrin Kızları Süper Lig'de: Odunpazarı Kadın Hentbol Takımı yükselişin sırrını anlattı". Eskişehir Durum (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b Çakmak, Fatih (4 November 2025). "Türkiye, 6. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda 212 sporcuyla yer alacak". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Kadın Hentbol A Milli Takımı, İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalyanın sahibi oldu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 21 November 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Athletes - Handball - Türkiye - Zeynep N. Kapaklıkaya". Islamic Solidarity Games. Retrieved 7 December 2025.