Career
Club
Karagenç received her license for Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor on October 27, 2004, where she was until January 2007. During this time, no leagues were held in the country. With the reestablishment of the women"s football leagues, she transferred to her hometown club Gazi Üniversitesispor.
In the six seasons, she played for Gazi Üniversitesispor, she capped 70 times, scored a total of 32 goals, and enjoyed three league championships in 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and 2009-2010.
Foreign the 2012-2013 season, she signed for te İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor. She played with Konak Belediyespor at the 2013-2014 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Champions League in the qualification round matches in August 2013 and in the knockout stage matches in October 2013.
International
Didem Karagenç was called up to the Turkey girls" U-17 national team debuting in the match against Ireland at the 2009 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-17 Championship qualifying round on October 18, 2008. She played also against the teams Netherlands and Faroe Islands at the same competition.
She participated at the 2010 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-17 Championship qualifying playing against Denmark, Ireland and Slovenia.
She capped 16 times and scored two goals in the girls" U-17 national team On September 19, 2009, she made her first appearance in the women"s U-19 national team playing against Serbia at the 2010 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship First qualifying round - Group 7 match. At the same tournament, she played also against France and Georgia.
Karagenç participated at the 2010 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship Second qualifying round - Group 1 matches against Sweden, Ireland and England. her further appearances in the women"s U-19 national team were at the 2011 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship First qualifying round - Group 9 (Romania, Czechoslovakian Republic and Northern Ireland), at the 2012 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship Second qualifying round (Iceland, Germany and Wales) as well as at the 2012 Union of European Football Associations Women"s U-19 Championship - Group A (Portugal, Denmark and Romania).
In the women"s U-19 national team, she capped 32 times netting one goal. She played for the first time for the women"s national team on April 15, 2009 in a friendly match with Belarusian women.
Karagenç was team member in the 2011 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 5 match against Austria. She played in nine matches of the Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 round against Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Romania and Kazakhstan.
In 2013, Karagenç took part at the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup qualification – Union of European Football Associations Group 6 matches against the English and Montenegron women.