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Berka Buse Özden

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Berka Buse Özden
Image
Personal information
Born (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 22)
Turkey
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubTurkey VakıfBank Istanbul
Career
YearsTeams
–2018Turkey Nilüfer Bld.
2018–2020Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul U18
2020–2023Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul
2023–2024Turkey Karayolları
2024–2025Turkey → Aydın Büyükşehir Bld.
2025–Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul
National team
2022Turkey U18
2025–Turkey
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Image Turkey
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2026 MacauTeam
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2026 TarantoTeam
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2025 RıyadhTeam

Berka Buse Özden (born 16 April 2004) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the middle blocker position. Currently, she plays for VakıfBank Istanbul and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Personal life

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Berka Buse Özden was born on 16 April 2004.[1]

Club career

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She is 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, and plays in the middle blocker position.[1]

Özden started her career very early at Nilüfer Bld. in Bursa. In 2018, she transferred to the U18 team of VakıfBank Istanbul, where she played two years before she was promoted to the main team in the 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season. After three years, she joined Karayolları, and played one season only. In the 2024–25 Turkish League season, she was loaned out to Aydın Büyükşehir Bld..[1] In 2025, it was announced that she returns to her former club Vakıfbank Istanbul.[1][2]

International career

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She was part of the Turkey U19 team at the 2022 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship in Skopje, North Macedonia.[1]

With the Turkey girls' U18 team, she took part at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, where she won the silver medal.[1][3]

Özden was selected to the Turkey women's national volleyball team to play at the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.[4] She was part of the Turkey team,[5] which became champion at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[6]

She captured gold medal at the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Macau, China,[7] and at the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy.[8][9]

Honours

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Turkey U18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Turkey
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2026 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2026 Mediterranean Games

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Berka Buse Özden kimdir, hangi takımda oynuyor? Boyu, yaşı ve voleybol kariyeri". Türkiye (in Turkish). 8 June 2025. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Berka Buse yeniden VakıfBank'ta" (in Turkish). Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Berka Buse Özden" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Avşar, Halil İbrahim (3 June 2025). "A Milli Kadın Voleybol Takımı, 2025 Milletler Ligi'nde sahne alıyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Türkiye, Riyad'da 212 sporcuyla yer alacak". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 4 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Çakmak, Fatih (13 November 2025). "Kadın Milli Voleybol Takımı, 6. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu". Anadolu News Agency. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Filenin Sultanları, İkinci Kez Milletler Ligi Şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 26 July 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Kadın Milli Takımımızın 2026 Akdeniz Oyunları Kadrosu Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 18 August 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Kadın Milli Takımımız 2026 Akdeniz Oyunları Şampiyonu!" (in Turkish). Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu. 30 August 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
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