She is also a partner at NEMESTUDIO, an architectural office that has been recognized with several awards, including the 2016 Architectural League New York Prize for Young Architects, 2016 Architects Newspaper Best of Design Award, Notable Award at Core 77 Design Awards 2017, and the Graham Foundation Award. Turan is the founding chief-editor of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design journal New Geographies and was the editor-in-chief of the first two volumes of the journal: New Geographies 0 (2008) and New Geographies: After Zero (2009). Turan holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Istanbul Technical University, a Master of Environmental Design from Yale School of Architecture, and a Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.