Yaprak Erkek
{{short description|Turkish volleyball player (born 2001) }}
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| name = Yaprak Erkek
| image = Yaprak Erkek 10 Eczacıbaşı SK WV 20250409 (1).jpg
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| caption = Erkek in 2025
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2001|09|02}}
| birth_place = Turkey
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| death_date =
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| height = {{height|m=1.82}}
| spike = {{cvt|300|cm}}
| block = {{cvt|295|cm}}
| position = Outside hitter
| currentclub = {{flagicon|Turkey}} Eczacıbaşı
| currentnumber = 10
| years1 = 2017–2021
| team1 = {{flagicon|TUR}} İlbank
| years2 = 2021–2022
| team2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Legionovia Legionowo
| years3 = 2022–
| team3 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Eczacıbaşı
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalteam1 = Turkey
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{{MedalSport|Women's volleyball }}
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{{MedalCompetition|Islamic Solidarity Games }}
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{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games }}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Oran |Team}}
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Yaprak Erkek (born 2 September 2001) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the outside hitter position. Currently, she plays for Eczacıbaşı and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Club career
She is {{height|m=1.82}} tall, and plays in the oıtside hitter position. She has a spke height of {{cvt|300|cm}} and a block height of {{cvt|295|cm}}.
Erkek started her career in the Academy team of İlbank in Ankara in 2017. Promoted to the main team, she played in the Turkish League until 2021. She then moved to Poland, and signed a deal with Legionovia Legionowo for the 202121–22 season. After one year, she returned home, and joined Eczacıbaşı.
International career
Erkek is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
In 2022, she won the gold medal at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. The same year, she took the silver medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria.
She plays at the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.
Honours
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References
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Category:Turkish women's volleyball players
Category:Turkey women's international volleyball players
Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Category:Turkish expatriate volleyball players
Category:Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Category:Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
Category:Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in volleyball
Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Category:Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey