Yasemin Temizarabacı was born Bursa. She graduated from Istanbul University’s Department of Environmental Engineering and the Women’s Studies master programme. She is the author of the book Ütopyanın Kadınları Kadınların Ütopyası and has published articles about utopias. She took part in film production, exhibition, publication and women’s film festival activities between the yaers of 2005-2013. She is a volunteer for Mor Çatı Women’s Shelter Foundation, AÇEV and International Children’s Rights Film Festival. Her children’s books Kısa Boylu Zürafa, Uykusu Kaçan Yarasa, Ayağı Burkulan Kırkayak and others were published by Yapı Kredi Yayınları.