I am a peace worker from Ankara, Turkey. I began my career in journalism and in 2013 I covered the Gezi Park Movement as a freelance journalist in alternative media and international press. I was a Master-student in Peace and Conflict Studies Hacettepe University's Istanbul branch from 2014 to 2017, where I was taught among others by Johan Galtung, Jorgen Johansen, Stellan Vinthagen, Oliver Richmond, Norman Finkelstein, Joshua Weiss, Wolfgang Dietrich, Gal Harmat, Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen, Zeki Ergas, Tatsushi Arai and Amr Khairy Abdalla. Hacettepe University shut down the department in 2015 but I obtained a Master's degree with my thesis subject being 'Identity-based Conflicts in between Resistance Groups during the Gezi Movement'. I am currently a PhD student at University of Wuppertal and my research focuses on Inclusive Transformation of the International Community:Participation of Women with their Cultural Collective Knowledge in Sustainable and Just Urban Development Processes. In 2021 I was selected as a Right Livelihood Bonn Campus Junior Scientist and was nominated as one of 3 finalist the category Social Innovation at the German Volunteer Awards 2021. In all my works I seek to apply the idea of proceeding from Science to Practice. As an example, I developed and applied “Micro-level Peacebuilding Methods for Sustainable and Just Cities." In this context I initiated the "Creating Peace Gardens in the Urban Realm" project. (https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/Urban_Gardening_Peace_Project)As a pilot study it has been realized in Wuppertal in order to generate an in-depth, multi-faceted understanding of a complex issue in a real-life laboratory context. It was not only set up to analyse root-cause problems but also sought to propose culturally sensitive solutions by the help of peacebuilding approaches.The goal was to use "nature-based micro-level solutions" as a "new forms of dialogue method" for a just and sustainable future. In order to live inclusion, build awareness for women's empowerment, implement peacebuilding strategies, contribute to more climate justice and learn about biodiversity on a micro level, a “Peace Garden” was created in February 2020 at the Alevi Culture Centre Wuppertal. The Alevi Culture Centre is a space genuinely dedicated to persons with a specific Alevi migration background, of religious devotion. It is a space for music-making which is part of religious activity of the Alevi culture. In this location a group was formed consisting of community, locals and other international participants. Beyond the creation herbal beds and the growth of vegetables in the middle of the city, the Peace Garden aimed at and succeeded in improving a common understanding for mutual respect in relationships and taking responsibilities for upcoming generations. It resulted as an alternative education model: "out of school space" for intercultural and interreligious dialogue. I am an UrbanA Fellow and The Day of Good Life Advisory Board member.