I grew up between Istanbul and the mountains of southern Türkiye, and I've lived nomadically for long stretches. That mix of city and steppe taught me to listen for rhythm. My practice sits between documentary and visual art, part observation, part composition. I travel light, often alone or with a tiny crew, spending time before I press record. The work is slow and collaborative. I let gesture, breath, and weather lead.

My documentary Guardians of Anatolia premiered at Mountainfilm 2026, where I became the first Turkish filmmaker to receive the Emerging Filmmaker Award. The film follows the last nomadic tribe of Turkey on their seasonal migration through the Taurus Mountains, led by women who carry a knowledge of land and animals that has never been written down. It went on to win the Audience Award at Nevada City Film Festival and is currently on the festival circuit.

My photographs and films speak to each other. Sometimes a single image is enough, sometimes a film is needed to breathe. I'm drawn to communities who keep tradition alive while inventing new forms, and to the ordinary tenderness that carries them through each day. That same pull is behind my episodic documentary series Story of the Lost Goddess, which traces the sacred feminine from the goddess temples of Neolithic Anatolia through Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and early Christianity, and my upcoming film and photo book Crowned, centered on Anatolian women's headdresses as cultural archives.

Across all mediums I aim for clarity and care. My work has been exhibited internationally, from Istanbul and Vienna to Tokyo and the United States. Images that feel lived-in and true.