Gülşah Akkaya

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Gülşah Akkaya (born October 6, 1977) is a Turkish professional woman basketball player in forward position. The 1.81 m (5' 11½") tall national player is a top scorer.

Akkaya started playing basketball in hthe age of 13. She debuted in Deniz Nakliyat and then transferred to Fenerbahçe İstanbul. In 1997, she moved to the USA and played in the American NCAA with the Lynn University team in two seasons until 1999. She still ranks 4th with an average of 23.8 points in the all time list of single season points per season for her time being at Boca Raton, Florida.

After Akkaya returned home and was with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in the season 2000-2001, she transferred to the Greek club Panserraikos in Thessaloniki and became top scorer with 204 points. In 2003, Akkaya played in YES Ramat HaSharon club in Ramat HaSharon, Israel. She helped her team win the championship by scoring a basket at the latest second. Returned to Turkey in 2003, Akkaya played for Erdemirspor in Zonguldak.

Akkaya participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain with the Turkish national team, which won a gold medal.

She was top scorer in Turkish Women's Basketball League with her average of 22.0 points in 25 games in 2004-2005 season.

She also played for Beşiktaş for the 2005-2006 season. That year she played in the league finals with Beşiktaş. For 2006-2007 season she returned back to Mersin Metropolitan Municipality sports club and played with an average of 17.0 points per game and help Mersin to play in playoffs.

Gulsah is currently member of Galatasaray sports club for the 2007-2008 season.