Dilek Koçak (born 15 August 2005) is a Turkish middle-distance running athlete, who competes over distances 800 m and 1500 m. She is the European U20 champion in 1500 m. Koçak was discovered as a track athlete by the physical education teacher and athletics coach Cahit Demir, while she was grazing animals at her village Üzengili intown, karayazı, Erzurum, eastern Turkey, a location situated at 1,450 m (4,760 ft) above mean sea level.
[1] Demir convinced her father to take her for training at Karayazı town, where he was working.
[2][1] On 15 May 2022 in Mersin, she broke the 15-year-old Turkish women's U18 record in the 800 m event with a time of 2:06.95.
[1] Koçak participated at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
[2][4] Dilek Koçak was born in Üzengili village of Karayazı district in Erzurum on 15 August 2005.