Didem is a defender who plays for Turkish club Besiktas. As captain for both Besiktas and Turkey’s national women’s team, Didem continues to fight for recognition of the women’s game in Turkey, explaining how  she had to become her own role model in the game. She is certainly a role model off the pitch too, juggling work as an analyst for the men’s national team and working as a physical education teacher after graduating from Bahcesehir Universitesi with a Sports Administration Master Degree. Didem continues to break barriers and inspire others.