Resume
Work
Experience
June 2017 - Present
Digital Content Creator
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Create content about animal rights, ecofeminism, intersectional activism, and climate crisis
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Create content in many different forms like video essays, research posts and drawings.
June 2017 - Present
Activist
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Founded Vegacademia, an online platform which offers free lectures about topics like animal rights, ecology, intersectionality, activism methods, plant-based eating & health
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Give talks & seminars about climate crisis and animal rights in many universities and high schools in Turkey
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Appeared in live tv broadcasts and documentaries about ecofeminism and veganism
May 2020 - Present
Radio Programmer
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Co-producer and co-host of the radio programme "Türlerin YaÅŸam Hakkı" (Species' Right to Live) which is one of the first radio programmes on intersectional ecology in Turkey
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Prepared and hosted over 120 episodes so far
Nov.2021- Present
Filmmaker
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Directed and edited the short documentary "Leyla in Catland"
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Directed and edited the short film "As long as I remember you
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Worked as art director, director and editor in the production of the music video "Bloody Books"
July 2008 - Present
Actress
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Acted on Youtube Tv Series: 1+1 Pandemic (2020) as one of the main characters "Deniz"
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Music Video: Her Yerde AÅŸk -Baran Çak (2017)
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Acted in Shakespeare's play "Othello" as Desdemona (2008)
Sept. 2020- Present
Singer & Songwriter
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Worked as lead singer and songwriter for the album "Inde Deus Abest"
April 2013- Sept. 2016
UX Researcher & Designer
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Promoted usability tests and incorporated results in design decisions in mobile, desktop and service design projects
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Developed detailed test plans, test scripts, user flows, user personas and design prototypes
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Conducted and moderated local & remote usability tests, in-depth interviews, focus groups, collaborative design sessions
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Generated digital wireframes and prototypes
Education
2023 -
University of the Arts London| MA in Documentary Filmmaking
Relative Coursework: Documentary development, Documentary History and Theory, Ethics and Methods, Contemporary Discourse, Editing
2011 - 2013
Istanbul Bilgi University | MA in Media & Communication Systems
Relative Coursework: Cyber Anthropology, Media Theory, Psychoanalytic Method in Culture, Current Issues in Digital Marketing, Media Research
2005 - 2011
Istanbul Bilgi University | BA
in Psychology
Relative Coursework: Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Performance Studies, Social Change and Globalisation, Culture Communication and Society, Media and Human Rights, Woman and Media
2002 - 2005
St. Joseph French High School
Turkish High School Diploma Equivalent to French Baccalaureate
Skills
Courses
Nov 2022- Dec 2022
This course covers approaches of Cinéma Vérité to diaristic, essayistic and personal films we will look at works in which specific bonds between filmmaker and filmed are created.
Jan 2023- Feb 2023
This course covers the whole pre-production process in detail, from research, casting, proposal writing, and taster-tape making through to funding and pitching.
Jan 2023- Feb 2023
This course covers discussions of how theoretical concepts relate to formal considerations in documentary filmmaking.
Jan 2023- March 20233
This course covers documentaries on the city starting from the city symphonies of the 1920s to the video diaries of Jonas Mekas in New York and James Benning’s style of ‘Slow Cinema’ in Los Angeles.
March 2023- May 2023
This course covers the notion of home and belonging.
March 2023
This course teaches how to critically frame filmmaking in order to produce thought-provoking films that have social and cultural implications. It also addresses a broad range of conceptual methodologies that offer a good springboard for practice-led research.
Apr 2023- May 2023
This course explores the intimate, interdependent yet fragile relationship between words and images in a cinematic context.
Certification
Jan. 2017- Jun. 2017
Kadikoy Theatron Academy | Acting School
Classes attended: Basic Acting Studies, Physical and Performative Improvisation, Theater Culture and History, Speech Training, Storytelling Techniques, and Acting for The Camera.
Extra Curricular Activity
2010- Present