İlhan Depe

İlhan Depe — Biography

İlhan Depe is a winger from Bursa's Yıldırım district who won back-to-back titles with his home-town club Bursaspor in 2025 and 2026. Listed at 1.72 m, he was one of Bursaspor's leading names in 2025-26, and reports credited him with 22 goal contributions in 31 matches in a championship season.

He began in 2003 in the youth side of Arabayatağı Spor, moved to Bursaspor in 2005 and turned professional two years later. Unable to break into the first team, he was sent to the A2 side; before 2011-12 coach Ertuğrul Sağlam took him to the pre-season camp. He was loaned to Şanlıurfaspor in the 2. Lig to find playing time and won the 2. Lig title there in 2012. The next season he went on loan to İnegölspor, and when coach Hikmet Karaman did not count on him he left Bursaspor before 2013-14. He then agreed a two-year contract with Balıkesirspor, newly promoted to the Süper Lig.

On July 17, 2024, he returned to Bursaspor, then in the 3. Lig, and with the club won the 3. Lig in 2025 and the 2. Lig in 2026. Local press wrote in May 2026 that he might leave, and his contract was renewed in June 2026. At the end of August 2026 coach Mustafa Er's statement indicated he would leave the club. As a youth he played 12 times for Turkey's under-15, under-16 and under-18 sides and scored once.