Her team won only one game in both of their appearances in 2017 and 2018, however, secured three victories at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, defeating all three of Hungary, Japan and Russia.
[8] After losing in a tiebreaker in both 2014 and 2015, the Turkish women's team qualified for the playoffs in the B Division at the 2016 European Curling Championships, finishing second in the round robin with a 7–2 record.
[9] Despite the loss, the top two finish earned Turkey a spot in the A Division for the 2017 championship, the first time the country ever qualified to compete in the highest level.
At the 2017 European Curling Championships, Yıldız led her Turkish squad to a 2–7 ninth-place finish, relegating Turkey back into the B Division for 2018.
Through the event, Turkey posted three victories against Denmark, Estonia and Italy, enough to finish in seventh place in the group.
After losing multiple close games in extra ends, the Turkish team was able to record their first victory in World Women's Championship history against Czech Republic's Alžběta Baudyšová 7–5 in Draw 17 of the event.
After three consecutive losses, the team won five straight games which included wins over higher seeded Germany, Denmark and Norway.
In their final game, they lost a narrow 8–7 match to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, finishing in sixth place and just outside of the playoffs.
[24] They were able to beat Scotland in their final round robin game to finish in eighth place with an even 6–6 record in their second world championship appearance.
After a fourth-place finish at the Sundbyberg Open, the team advanced to the final of the WCT Tallinn Ladies Challenger where they lost to Evelīna Barone.
However, because their two victories came against these two teams, they finished eighth overall and earned qualification into the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship for a third straight year.
[28] At the World Championship, Yıldız and the team had a slow start and never recovered, finishing with a 3–9 record and tenth place overall.
The team, with Semiha Konuksever and Orhun Yüce on the front end, finished the round robin with a 5–1 record.
[32] Yıldız first competed at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2016 alongside partner Kadir Çakır.
At the qualification event, Yıldız and Karagöz had an undefeated round robin record of 6–0 and defeated Austria in the first stage of the double knockout.
[39] At the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Yıldız teamed up with new partner Muhammed Zeki Uçan.
The pair did not have a good week, finishing 1–8, automatically relegating them back to the World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event.
This put them in the final qualifier against Finland where they stole in both the seventh and eighth ends for a 6–5 win and a berth in the World Championship.
[41] At Worlds, Yıldız and Çakır finished sixth in their group with a 4–5 record, scoring wins over Austria, England, Germany and Spain.