She graduated from the Department of International Relations at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1991.

In 1993, she received a Graduate Diploma in International Relations from the Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University, followed by a Master’s degree in the same field from Bilkent University in 1995.

She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a career diplomat in July 1994 and served in the Department of Relations with Slavic Countries until 1997. From 1997 to 2000, she worked at the Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the OECD, and from 2000 to 2002 at the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi.

Following her assignment at the Ministry as First Secretary in the Department of Bilateral Political Affairs with the South Caucasus Countries from 2002 to 2004, she became Counsellor at the Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the United Nations Office at Geneva until 2008.

After being the Head of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry from 2008 to 2010, she was posted to the Turkish Embassy in Vienna, where she occupied the position of Deputy Head of Mission with the rank of Minister-Counsellor from 2010 to 2014.

In 2015, she was appointed Deputy Director General for the Council of Europe and Human Rights at the Ministry, a post she held until the end of 2018.

From January 2019 to January 2023, she was Türkiye’s Ambassador to Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire).

From June to October 2023, she worked as Coordinator of the 14th Ambassadors Conference.

From October 2023 to September 2026, she served as Co-Coordinator of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF).

On 25 September 2026, she assumed the post of Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Tallinn.