Meliha İsmailoğlu Diken (born Meliha Smajlović, 17 September 1993 in Gradačac) is a Bosnian-Turkish volleyball player. She is tall at . Currently, she plays for Fenerbahçe. İsmailoğlu is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Career Clubs The daughter of a former basketball player, she too aspired to become a basketball player. However, due to lack of a women's basketball team in her hometown, she chose playing volleyball. She began her sports career at the age of eight in the club Kula Gradacac in her hometown. In 2009 and 2011, she was named "Player of the Year". In the summer time, she played also beach volleyball in Bosnia Herzegovina.
In 2011, İsmailoğlu was invited to Turkey by the Ankara-based İller Bankası. In May 2014, she signed with Fenerbahçe.
She transferred to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in 2017 and Vakıfbank in 2019. Finally she returned to Fenerbahçe in 2021.
In 2025, it was announced that Meliha would leave Fenerbaçhe to return to Eczacıbaşı for the 2025/2026 season https://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/en/news/welcome-back-meliha-diken.
League One Volleyball or known as LOVB, announced Meliha Diken is the first Turkish player to join LOVB Pro https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFyasXG59E/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== for the 2027 seasonhttps://voleybolunsesi.com/lovbde-forma-giyecek-ilk-turk-meliha-diken/.
National team İsmailoğlu was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina youth and juniors national teams. Her double citizenship enabled her to opt in playing for the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League that won the gold medal.
She represented Turkey at the qualification round for beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
İsmailoğlu competed for Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.
In 2026, the President of TVF, gifted Diken a plaque and her jersey number as a thank you for her time with the national time. Meliha Diken officially announced her retirement from the national team on June 22 https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ4zxzhjSEj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Awards National team 2014 Women's European Volleyball League – Gold medal 2014 Grand Prix finals – 4th place 2015 Montreux Volley Masters – Gold medal 2015 European Games – Gold medal 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship – Silver medal 2018 Nations League – Silver Medal 2019 European Championship – Silver Medal 2021 Nations League – Bronze Medal 2021 European Championship – Bronze Medal
Club 2014 Turkish Super Cup – Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe Grundig 2014–15 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig 2015-2016 Turkish cup – Champion, with Fenerbahce Grundig 2015-2016 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig 2016–17 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe 2016–17 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank 2020 Turkish Super Cup – Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank 2020–21 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Vakıfbank 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Vakıfbank 2020-21 CEV Champions League – Silver Medal, with Vakıfbank 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet 2022-2023 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig 2022–23 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet 2023-2024 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet 2024 Turkish Super Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Medicana 2024–25 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Medicana
Individuals Player of the Year – 2009 and 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
See also Turkish women in sports Bosnian women in sports Bosnian women athletes
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