Ayşe Cora

Ayşe Cora — Biography

Ayşe Cora Yamaner is a Turkish national-team basketball player who plays as a scoring guard and has captained Galatasaray since the 2024-25 season. At 1.75 m, she has also worn the shirts of Migrosspor, Beşiktaş, Edirnespor, Fenerbahçe and BOTAŞ, and in May 2025 she signed a new contract with Galatasaray running to the end of the 2025-26 season. She has won five club-level titles and cups and represented Turkey at the 2016 Olympics.

She started in the Migrosspor youth system; when the club was closed down she moved to Beşiktaş, where she played in the league and in the EuroCup Women. In August 2011 she signed with Galatasaray for the first time, then played for Edirnespor in 2014-15 and for Beşiktaş again in 2015-16. She transferred to Fenerbahçe in the summer of 2016 and extended her contract by 1+1 years at the start of 2019-20; in June 2020 she agreed to join BOTAŞ for 2020-21. In May 2024 she returned to Galatasaray on a one-year deal and took over as team captain.

At club level she has two Women's Basketball League titles (2018, 2019), two Turkish Cups (2019, 2020) and the 2019 Presidential Cup. She played for the youth national teams many times: she was in the squad at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, won bronze at the 2012 and 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships, and captained the side in 2013. With the senior national team she also took part in the 2016 Summer Olympics.