She received her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degrees in Turkish Language and Literature from Boğaziçi University. Her doctoral dissertation, Resmî İdeoloji Sahnede / Kemalist İdeolojinin İnşasında Halkevleri Dönemi Tiyatro Oyunlarının Etkisi, was published by İletişim. Her second book, Ben Yüz Çiçekten Yanayım / Nâzım Hikmet Tiyatrosunda Metinler-Türler-Söylemler, was published by İmge. She also prepared the books Edebiyatın Duygu Haritası and Osmanlı Sahnesi-19. Yüzyıl Çok Dilli Osmanlı Komedyasından Üç Metin, both published by Dergâh. Since 2005, she has been working as an Associate Lecturer at the Turkish Language Courses Coordination Unit at Boğaziçi University, where she teaches not only Turkish language courses but also various classes on modern theatre, adaptation theory, and theatricality.