Gamze Durmuş Explained

Gamze Durmuş
Fullname:Gamze Durmuş Pakkan
Birth Place:Turkey
Otheroccupation:Academic
Years1:2014–2022
League1:Boys' U14, U15, U16, U17, U19 Regional Development
Role1:referee
Years2:2015–2020
League2:Women's Second
Role2:referee
Years3:2016–2021
League3:Men's Regional Amateur
Role3:referee
Years4:2017–2020
League4:Women's Third
Role4:referee
Years5:2017–2019
League5:Men's U21
Role5:referee
Years6:2018–2022
League6:Men's Third
Role6:referee
Years7:2019–
League7:Women's First
Role7:referee
Years8:2021–
League8:Women's Super
Role8:referee
Years9:2022–
League9:Men's Second
Role9:referee
Years10:2022–
League10:Men's First
Role10:referee
Internationalyears1:2021
Confederation1:FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Internationalrole2:referee
Internationalyears2:2021–2022
Confederation2:UEFA Women's U17 Championship qualification
Internationalrole1:referee
Internationalyears3:2023
Confederation3:UEFA Women's U19 Championship qualification
Internationalrole3:referee

Gamze Durmuş Pakkan (; 1994) is a Turkish female FIFA-listed football referee. She is an academic at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey.

Sports career

Domestic competitions

Durmuş was born in 1993, and started her football official career as assistant referee in a Turkish Women's Football Third League match played in Ankara on 7 December 2014. İn 2015, she was promoted to referee, and officiated the Turkish Women's Football Second League match on 20 December between Fomget GSK and Ovacık GSK. On 1 October 2016, she served for the first time as fourth official in the Turkish Men's Football U21 League match between Kardemir Karabükspor and Trabzonspor. On 23 October the same year, she officiated her first Turkish Regional Amateur League match.

On 10 March 2017, she debuted as referee in a TFF Third League (Professional) match. Her first Turkish Women's Football First League match as referee took place between Fomget GSK and Kireçburnu Spor on 22 December 2019. She was promoted to a video assistant referee (VAR) position in the Turkish Men's Football Super League match between Galatasaray S.K. and Fatih Karagümrük S.K. on 2 April 2022.

On 23 October 2022, she served the first time as referee in the TFF Second League (Professional) match between Bucaspor 1928 and Balıkesirspor. On 11 March 2023, she debuted as fourth official in a Turkish Men's Super League match. As of 1 October 2023, she has served in various official roles in a total of 163 matches at different level domestic men's and women's competitions.

Gamze Durmuş and her husband Burak Pakkan were appointed to officiate the 2021–22 TFF First League derby match in Ankara on 12 September 2021 between MKE Ankaragücü and Gençlerbirliği S.K. While Burak administered the match, she served as the fourth official. That a married referee couple were together in charge in an official league match happened for the first time in the history of Turkish football.

International competitions

Nominated by the Turkish Referee's Cemtral Committee (Turkish: Merkez Hakem Kurulu, MHK), she was confirmed as a FIFA-listed football referee in December 2020.

In November 2021, she officiated one match at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E. In September 2021 and March 2022, she administered four matches at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – League B, Group B1. In October 2023, she served in two matches at the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification.

Personal life

Durmuş lives in Ankara, Turkey. On 20 June 2021, she married in Ankara to Burak Pakkan, who is also a football referee.

Durmuş holds a PhD title in Sport management from the Faculty of Sports at Gazi University in Ankara, and is a faculty member at the same university.