WGMTurkan Mamedjarova

Turkan Mamedyarova was born in Sumqayit in 1989 and learned chess from her father. Her older siblings, Shakhriyar and Zeinab, also became titled international players. She won the European girls' under-fourteen championship in 2002. Her Azerbaijani women's championship titles came in consecutive years, 2005 and 2006. She became a Woman International Master in 2003 and a Woman Grandmaster in 2007. Her Olympiad career began in 2002 and included first-board service for Azerbaijan's second team at the 2016 home Olympiad in Baku. She also represented Azerbaijan in five European Team Championships between 2003 and 2013.