Emine Çaykara

During her studies at Istanbul University she worked at the Ephesus Museum cataloguing ancient sculptures, followed by a two-year participation with an Austrian Archeological Team during their Artemis’ Temple excavation.

Due to her background in French she spent the next few years after graduation as a professional tour guide.

Between 1993 and 1994 Çaykara worked as a journalist with the weekly magazine Panorama and as an editor with Turkuaz, a monthly cultural and environmental periodical.

In 1994, she joined the periodical Tempo penning a weekly political column The 8th Day and as a science, religion, and culture and arts editor.

In 2001 she released her first work, My Angel Mother and I (Melek Annem ve Ben), followed by The Turkish Einstein, Oktay Sinanoglu in October 2001.