Bahar Akbay
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_(cropped).jpg) Bahar Akbay of VakıfBank (2025) | |||||||||
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| Born | 21 January 1998 Muğla, Turkey | ||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||
| Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||
| Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||
| Current club | Türk Hava Yolları | ||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||
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Bahar Akbay (born 21 January 1998) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the middle blocker position for Türk Hava Yolları,[1] and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Club career
[edit]Akbay started her volleyball playing career in the youth team of Beylikdüzü Voleybol İhtisas in Istanbul.[2] Her team became champion in the 2016–17 season of the Turkish Women's Volleyball First League, and was promoted to the Turlish Women's Volleyball League for the 17–18 season. In July 2017, she left her club and joined Bahçelievler Voleybol , which had newly entered the Women's First League.[3] After one season, she returned to her initial club Beylikdüzü Voleybol İhtisas.[4] After the 2020–21 season, she transferred to PTT Spor in Ankara. In June 2022, she joined VakıfBank.[2] She took the runners-up title of the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship held in Antalya, Turkey. She wone the champions title of the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season with VakıfBank.[5] She left VakıfBank in May 2025 after playin three seasons for the team.[6] She was with Türk Hava Yolları in the 2025–26 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season.[7]
Akbay plays in the middle blocker position, and is 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) tall at 75 kg (165 lb). She has 315 cm (124 in) spike and 305 cm (120 in) block height.[1]
International career
[edit]Akbay was part of the Turkey women's national volleyball team at the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.[8] She was called up to the broad squad of the national team for participation at the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Bahar Akbay was born in Muğla, southwestern Turkey on 21 January 1998.[1][10]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
(1): 2022–23,
(2): 2023–24, 2024–25
- Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup
- (1): 2024
(1): 2023
- Beylikdüzü Voleybol İhtisas
- Turkish Women's Volleyball First League
- (1): 2016–17
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Bahar Akbay" (in Turkish). Women Volleybox. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- 1 2 "VakıfBank Bahar Akbay'ı transfer etti". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 13 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Bahar Akbay Bahçelievler'de". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Beylikdüzü Voleybol İhtisas 0-3 VakıfBank". Hüriiyet (in Turkish). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "VakıfBank, Fenerbahçe'yi 3-1 yenerek şampiyon oldu". Diriliş Postası (in Turkish). 22 April 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "VakıfBank'tan Bahar Akbay'a veda!". Voleybol Extra (in Turkish). 21 May 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Türk Hava Yolları 8'li finalde". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 4 December 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Türkiye A Milli Voleybol takımı sahneye çıkıyor! İşte program..." Yeniçağ (in Turkish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Filenin Sultanları'nın Milletler Ligi geniş kadrosu açıklandı!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 24 April 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Bahar Akbay Kimdir? Yaşı Boyu ve Takımı". BBEY Sports (in Turkish). 15 March 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Bahat Aknay" (in Turkish). Women Volleybox. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
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