Meltem Yıldızhan

Meltem Yıldızhan — Biography

Meltem Yıldızhan is a power forward who came through Galatasaray's academy, spent most of her career at the club and has played for Beşiktaş BOA since the summer of 2025. Standing 1.88 m, she competes in the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League and the EuroCup, and she represents the Turkish women's national team.

At Galatasaray she joined the first team at 16, in 2015-16, and won the EuroCup Women title in 2017-18. In 2021 she signed a new two-year contract with the club but was loaned that season to Nesibe Aydın, where she averaged 8.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 29 games. She returned to Galatasaray in 2022-23 and signed one-year contracts on 20 July 2023 and 24 May 2024.

On 4 June 2025 she left Galatasaray and agreed terms with Beşiktaş. She made her debut for the new side on 4 October in an 83-65 win over BOTAŞ, recording 2 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in 22 minutes; five days later, in the club's first EuroCup game, she scored 4 points in 24 minutes in an 87-82 win over Enea Gorzow. In May 2026 Beşiktaş renewed her contract. In an interview in November 2024 she said that, representing Turkey, they were aware they had to carry the star-and-crescent flag high.