Özyiğit returned home and played for Fenerbahçe, Kocaeli BB and Beşiktaş.

Özyiğit was also captain of the gold medal-winning team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain.

In 2009, she became trainer of the Turkey under-20 women's national basketball team that participated at the 2009 FIBA U20 championships held in Gdynia, Poland.

[5] In November 2010, Arzu Özyiğit returned to active sports transferring to Canik Belediyespor, a club in Samsun Province, which plays in the Turkish Women's Basketball Second League (TKB2L).

[9] He owns an Italian cuisine restaurant "Pulcinella" at Kozyatağı neighborhood in Kadıköy district of Istanbul, where she also helps out whenever she finds time.