She was born in Ankara, in 1945. She studied at T.E.D. Ankara High School, Gazi Teachers College, Hacettepe University (B.A. in Linguistics), Middle East Technical University (M.A. in E.L.T), Hacettepe University (Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics), Leeds University (postgraduate diploma in TEFL), and Leeds University and Edinburgh Moray House Collegeof Education (two courses in teacher education).-She taught at T.E.D. Ankara Private High School for seven years before transferring to Gazi Teachers Collage in 1974, now Gazi Faculty of Education, where she is currently teaching. She has also taught on M.E.B. in-service training summer courses, and has worked part-time at M.E.B. on two projects: curriculum development for Teachers Colleges and course book writing and supervision for Middle Schools.