She graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema. She worked at several national television channels. For eight years, she served at BSB – The Turkish Documentary Filmmakers’ Association, an organization dedicated to professional rights in the field of documentary cinema. During this period, she took an active role in the organization of workshops, conferences, and nationwide documentary screenings.
She was a member of the organizing committee of the International 1001 Documentary Film Festival. She taught for two years at the Documentary Filmmakers’ Association’s Documentary Cinema Workshops held in Anatolian universities, and also lectured at various other documentary workshops.
She has served as a jury member at a wide range of national and international film festivals, including the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Ankara Film Festival, Film Amed Documentary Festival, Crime and Punishment Film Festival, Women Directors Festival, Istanbul Short Film Festival, Architecture and the City Film Festival, İfsak and Afsad Documentary Film Festivals.
As the founder of Asmin Film, she continues to work as a director, producer, and writer in the field of documentary cinema. With her first film, The Ant of Ajustos, she received the Best Documentary Award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. She was also honored with the Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award at the 19th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival for her contributions to documentary cinema.
Filmography
2025 No Country for Others (Documentary, Director)
2014 Hey Neighbour! (Documentary, Director)
2013 A Handful of Land ( TRT Documentary Series - 13 episodes, Director: Bingöl Elmas, Sultan İlhan )
2012 Playing House (Documentary, Director)
2011 My Letter to Pippa (Documentary, Director)
2008 TransAsia (Documentary, Director)
2005 CicadAnt (Documentary, Director )
Films in which she worked as an executive producer
2024 “A Terrible Thing Happened“ Film on the Madımak Massacre and Beyond
2013 I Chose Gurbet (Documentary)
2019 Going To The Homeland) (Heimei Maru)
2019 Broken Balls (Documentary)
2013 I Chose Gurbet (Documentary)
