The sisters grew up in the Children's Home Coordination Center (Turkish: Çocuk Evi Koordinasyon Merkezi, ÇEKOM) in Niğde.

[1] She participated at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Las Vegas, United States, where she won the gold medal in the 55 kg snatch event.

[3] She took the silver medals in the 59 kg snatch event and in total at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

In the 59 kg snatch event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, she took the bronze medal.

[6] Özkan won the bronze medal in the snatch event of the 59 kg division at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.