Career: İÜSK (Turkey-TBBL, 1997-1999), Galatasaray (Turkey-TBBL, 1999-2001), Apollon Polomadia (Greece-Div.1, 2001-2002), Termini di Mareze (Italy-Div. 1, 2002-2003), La Spazia (Italy-Div. 1, 2003-2004), Pool Comense Como (Italy-Div. 1, 2004-2005), Fenerbahçe (Turkey-TBBL, 2005-09).
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. Despite her star status she is a player who is always thriving to become better and is never satisfied with what she has accomplished. Even as a 17-year-old prodigy everyone knew she would go on to be a great player, though at the time she was a traditional back to the basket center. Ten years on Yilmaz is the complete package. Never satisfied with being a one dimensional player, the native of Bulgarian worked very hard on her footwork, passing and shooting skills. Nowadays 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 doesn't 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.
