Turkey Women's NT player found dead under the rubble in Malatya / News - Basketnews.com

Turkey National Team basketball player Nilay Aydogan, who was left under the rubble in Malatya in the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaras and causing great damage in the surrounding provinces, lost her life.

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As the death toll in Turkey and Syria continues to rise following the huge earthquake that shook the two countries, another athlete has been added to the victims.

It has been announced that Nilay Aydogan, the national player of Cankaya University, one of the women's Basketball Super League teams, and her grandmother Hacer Aydogan, lost their lives in the earthquake disaster.

The 30-year-old basketball player had returned to Cankaya this season and had been stuck under the rubble of her grandmother's apartment, whom she had come to visit on the weekend. She also died a few days earlier.

During her career, Aydogan had been a member of Turkey's youth teams. She had played in the Turkish second division, with Osmaniye, Yalova and Mersin. In addition to Cankaya, where she had been in 2018-2019 and returned last summer, she had also worn the colors of Samsun.

The Turkish Basketball Federation issued the following release:

"We have learned with deep sadness that Nilay Aydogan, the national player of Çankaya University, one of the ING Women's Basketball Super League teams, lost her life in the earthquake disaster. May God have mercy on the deceased, we offer our condolences to her family, relatives and basketball community."

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