Background
Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria in a Turkish family, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.
Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria in a Turkish family, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.
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.
She moved first to the Greek team Apollon Ptolemaida (2001-2002) then later to the Bulgarian team Academic Plovdiv (2002). Yılmaz moved then to Italy to play for Termini di Mareze (2002-2003), Louisiana Spezia Basket (2003-2004) and Pool Comense Como (2004-2005). Yılmaz is the first Turkish woman to play in the Women"s National Basketball Association ().
In 1999, she participated in the Charlotte Sting"s training camp, but was released before the season started.
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 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 Istanbul.
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. On 6 July 2012, she signed a two-year contract with Women's Basketball Team.
With more than 180 games (188 games until 7 December 2007) played Yılmaz the most capped national player or Turkey. She was a student in the Sports Academy at the Istanbul University.
All tournament team, Women 2011.