Turkish Basketball Player Nilay Aydogan Found Dead Under Earthquake Rubble
Turkish basketball player, Nilay Aydogan, was discovered dead following last week’s deadly earthquake in Turkey, according to the country’s basketball organization.
Aydogan, 30, who played for Cankaya University in the Turkish Super League, was apparently visiting her grandmother in Malayta when the deadly earthquake struck, causing the apartment building to collapse.
The basketball player and her grandma were discovered dead in the wreckage, as the search for survivors continues in hundreds of Turkish and northern Syrian towns.
The Turkish Basketball Federation issued a statement expressing “deep sadness,” upon hearing the news.
They stated, “We have learned with deep sadness that Nilay Aydogan, the national player of Cankaya 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.”
Aydogan played for a number of teams across her career in Turkey, including Osmaniye, Yalova and Mersin in the Turkish second division. She played for Canik Belediye during the 2017-18 campaign, before moving onto Cankaya.
Having enjoyed a season with Cankaya, she moved to Mersin for a season in the second tier, before returning to the Ankara side.
She had also enjoyed appearances for the country’s youth teams earlier on in her career.
Her final game for Cankaya came in a victory against Hatayspor days before the earthquake struck.
Source – Tru News Report
