She graduated from the City and Regional Planning Department of Gazi University in 1993. She completed her master’s studies in the Regional Planning Department of the METU in 1996. She got her Ph. D. degree from the Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering of Vienna University of Technology in 2003. She carried out post-doctoral studies in the Research Centre of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering of Vienna University of Technology in 2010. Her main topics of research are the development of spatial structures and mobility and decision support systems.