architect, designer and activist
She has graduated from Mimar Sinan University as an architect. She has post graduated from Istanbul Technical University “Developing a method for the analysis of formal and spatial structure of traditional cities: The Example of Ayvalık” and She has graduated Design Culture and Management Certificated Program in Istanbul Bilgi University. She works as a designer and design manager at The Celik Dizayn Lighting Company in Istanbul. She is currently vise president of Istanbul branch of Industrial Designers Society of Turkey. She is a member of the directors of board of Human Settlement Association.
She is involved several projects in different fields in city, architecture, design, art and production. “Made in Şişhane” is one of her latest projects about Galata-Şişhane, main and oldest lighting district of Istanbul. Made in Sishane is an alternative approach for city, design, creativity and small scale manufacturing. The works of designers, architects and artists who have shown their creativity mainly by using the ateliers and the network in the Galata-Şişhane region have been exhibited. For each exhibited work, the work’s production process within the region, its story and the routes followed were also explained on big maps, to show the unique network of the region.
She is mainly interested in to investigate the relation and interaction between context, space and human with interdisciplinary field. She is the one of the coordinators of 40 Days and 40 Nights Sulukule Events and established Sulukule Platform.