Naz Aydemir Akyol (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays as setter for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won a total of nine Turkish League championships, four with Vakıfbank, three with Eczacıbaşı and two with Fenerbahçe. She has four CEV Champions League championships, winning three with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She also has three FIVB Club World Championship, winning two with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She was part of the Turkey national team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Naz Aydemir
Aydemir with Vakıfbank in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Naz Aydemir Akyol
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 33) Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Spike	303 cm (119 in)
Block	300 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Eczacibaşi
Number	11
Career
Years Teams 2004-2009 2009-2012 2012-2018 2019-2022 2022-2023 Eczacıbaşı Fenerbahçe Vakıfbank Fenerbahçe Türk Hava Yolları
National team
2004-2021 Turkey
Medal record Women's volleyball Representing  Turkey World Grand Prix 2012 Ningbo Team European Championships 2019 Turkey Team 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia Team 2011 Italy/Serbia Team European Games 2015 Baku Team Montreux Volley Masters 2015 Montreux Team European League 2009 Kayseri Team 2010 Ankara Team Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Team 2013 Mersin Team FIVB Nations League 2021 Rimini Team

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Aydemir has played more than 200 times for all levels of the Turkish national team. She has played 16 seasons of CEV Champions League^[1] and achieved an unprecedented record by playing in the CEV Champions League final fours 10 times in a row.^[2] She has played for the senior level club volleyball since the 2004–05 season. She was the captain of the youth national team of Turkey who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championship. In the 2008 edition of the Junior European Championship, she led the Turkish team to a bronze medal and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the tournament.

In the 2011–12 edition and 2012–13 edition of the CEV Champions League, Aydemir won the championships and Best Setter awards consecutively, with her clubs Fenerbahçe and Vakıfbank.

Aydemir won her first FIVB Women's Club World Championship gold medal at the 2010 Club World Championship. Fenerbahçe was the first Turkish team to win FIVB Women's Club World Championship. She won her second gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank which became second Turkish team to win Club World Championship.^[3]

Aydemir won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her club VakıfBank defeated Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the semifinal but then lost to Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match.^[4] She was the recipient of the tournament's Fair Play special award.^[4]

Aydemir won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank when her team defeated the Imoco Volley Conegliano.^[5] She was also individually awarded Best Setter.^[6]

After spending six years at Vakıfbank Istanbul, she took a break from her volleyball career due to her pregnancy. After giving birth to her child, she returned to her old club Fenerbahçe Opet in the 2019–2020 season.

Aydemir was selected for Roster 100 by FIVB as one of the 100 most influential volleyball players between 2010 and 2020, being one of the six female setters in the selection.^[7]

Aydemir's cousin İlkay Gündoğan is a footballer for FC Barcelona and the German national team.^[8] On 21 August 2013, Naz Aydemir married national basketball player and member of Galatasaray, Cenk Akyol.^[9] On 6 November 2018, the couple had a son, Pamir.

• Turkish women in sports