UPDATE: Galatasaray and Orkun have DENIED the report.

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We hate to believe that this rumor is true.

Some Turkish media sites now report that Italian middle blocker, Simona Gioli, might be “the other woman” of Neslihan’s husband.

We really hope this isn’t true.

In case you didn’t know, Simona and Neslihan’s soon to be ex-husband, Orkun, work together for Turkish club team, Galatasaray.

Gioli’s camp remains quiet on this news.

Could their relationship be the reason why Galatasaray did NOT renew Gioli’s contract for next season?

Stay tuned…

March 21st 2013

Sad.

Tough times for the left handed opposite hitter but she is THE IRON LADY so no doubt she’s strong enough to move on with her single life.

Last March 21st, Neslihan’s camp released this statement:

“Müvekkilem Sayın Neslihan Darnel eşi Orkun Darnel’le 21 Mart 2013 günü karşılıklı saygı çerçevesinde, uygarca anlaşarak evliliklerine son vermişlerdir. Her iki taraf için de hayırlı olmasını dileriz.”

It pretty much says Neslihan & her husband of 7 years have decided to end their marriege and wish each other the best.

As expected, Neslihan will now change her last name from DARNEL to DEMIR. We wonder what she will do with those “Darnel” volleyball jerseys. Burn them? Hah! We kid! We kid!

The 29 year old currently plays for Eczacıbaşı VitrA Voleybol and busy preparing for the Playoffs of the Turkish League. With Sokolova (who has also been divorced) on her team, for sure Nesli will have Lyuba and her teammates to cry on.

Hang in there Nesli! Your cute little angel don’t want to see you sad.

We wish you peace, stregnth and the best as you move forward being a single mom!

That middle blocker from Galatasaray has some explaining to do. Oops!