She graduated from the Department of Business Administration of Dokuz Eylul University in 2002. She has a master degree in Total Quality Management at Dokuz Eylul University and a PhD degree at the Department of Business Administration in the same university. She worked for the several firms in logistics sector (including Arkas Holding – Hapag Lloyd and Trans Union Logistics) from 2002 to 2009. Her research interests include sustainability, ethics, supply chain management, quality management, and logistics.