| Position | Power Forward - Center |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
| League | Turkish Women's Basketball League-Euroleague Women |
| Team | Fenerbahçe Istanbul |
| Number | 11 |
| Born | January 16, 1980 Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Nationality | Turkey- Bulgaria |
| Pro career | 1997–present |
| Awards | All tournament team (EuroBasket Women 2011) |
Nevriye Yılmaz (born June 16, 1980 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Turkish-Bulgarian professional female basketball player of Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria as a member of Turkish minority, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.
In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship with Boğaziçi Lisesi.
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She began her basketball career with I.U.S.B.K. (1997–99) and then she played Galatasaray Istanbul (1999-01) where she won her first Turkish Championship in Turkey.
She moved first to the Greek team Apollon Polomadia (2001–02) then later to the Bulgarian team Akademik Test Plovdiv (2002). Yılmaz moved then to Italy to play for Termini di Mareze (2002–03), La Spazia Basket (2003–04) and Pool Comense Como (2004–05).
Yılmaz is the first Turkish woman to play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 1999, she participated in the Charlotte Sting's training camp, but was released before the season started. In 2000, she attended the training camp for the now-defunct Miami Sol, but was also released prior to the start of the regular season. Then in 2003, Yılmaz signed a free agent contract with the Phoenix Mercury and played five games for them. The following year, 2004, she played seven games for the San Antonio Silver Stars.
In 2005, she returned home to play in Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Yılmaz is the pinnacle of Turkish women's basketball who has all the mental tools to become one of the great figures in her sport after transferred to Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Despite her star status, she is a player who is always thriving to become better and is never satisfied with what she has accomplished. After years, she is deadly in all aspects of her game. She is an adept passer from the post, a shooter and a banger inside. In addition, she is a voracious competitor and never backs away. But that passion, interestingly, comes with humility. She does not see herself as better than other players on the team and her main driving force is to not only get better personally but to improve as a team. All of her goods make her both club and international team's captain.
She won 2005 Europe Cup Ribaund Quenn and 2007 EuroLeague Women All-Star player honor.
She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and won a gold medal with Turkey national women's basketball team.
Yılmaz is with more than 180 games (188 games until 7 December 2007) the most capped national player. She was a student in the Sports Academy at the Istanbul University.
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