Ebrar Karakurt

Ebrar Karakurt (; born 17 January 2000) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and plays as opposite. She plays for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and Turkey women's national volleyball team.

National team She was part of the Turkey U18 team, and played at the 2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship in the Netherlands, organized in Ankara, Turkey. Before that, she played in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League with her team and reached to the silver medal.

Karakurt competed for Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Personal life In August 2021 Karakurt shared a photo of herself and her girlfriend on her Instagram account. The Instagram post was published by the conservative newspaper Takvim, which called her sexual orientation and relationship "scandalous", which in turn led to her being subjected to homophobic slurs on social media. Turkish televangelist Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü criticized her by saying that he "wonder[ed] what kind of troubles she could gather on [Turks]". After the attacks Karakurt has received messages of support on social media.

In an interview with Turkish daily-published and online sports newspaper Fanatik, Karakurt admitted to be a diehard Beşiktaş fan and often posts pictures on her social media account wearing Beşiktaş jersey

Honours

Club 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – *Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with VakıfBank

National team 2017 U23 World Championship- Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal 2018 Nations League – Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal 2019 European Championship – Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal 2021 Nations League – Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal 2021 European Championship Image: Med 3.png Bronze Medal 2023 Nations League – Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal 2023 European Championship – File:Med 1.png Gold Medal

Individual 2017 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship – "Best outside spikers" 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best outside spikers" 2023 CEV European Championship – "Best outside spikers"