Esra Ural

Esra Ural — Biography

Esra Ural Topuz is one of the centres of Turkish women's basketball and represented Turkey at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Standing about two metres tall, she plays under the basket and today wears the Çimsa ÇBK Mersin shirt in the Women's Basketball Super League, while remaining part of national-team squads. She was born in Mersin.

She began her professional career in 2011. She has also played for Fenerbahçe, and her club honours include the Turkish Super League in 2018 and 2019, the Turkish Cup in 2019 and 2020 and the Presidential Cup in 2019. In June 2020 she transferred to Bellona Kayseri Basketbol, and by early 2021 she was described as the team's captain. She later moved to ÇBK Mersin.

She has appeared in the senior women's national team's candidate and final squads at several points, including May 2021, November 2021, June 2023 and March 2026; she was in the 12-player squad announced in March 2026. That same month, with Çimsa ÇBK Mersin, she beat Beşiktaş BOA 99-95 to reach the semi-final. In June 2023 she said before a tournament that a good event awaited the team, and in June 2025 she said the team believed it could win despite the demanding atmosphere in Greece. Her name also appears as Esra Ural Topuz.