[2] Born and raised in a region where the practice of child marriage for girls is common, she escaped the traditional social pressure thanks to athletics, as she has emphasized.

[2][5] In 2016, Bekmez became champion in the 5,000m race walk event at the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia,[6] and broke the 12-year national record.

[9] At the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, she took the silver medal,[10] and broke national records in junior and senior women's category with a time of 44:17.69.

[3] She set a national record and became World U20 leader in the 20 km walk event of the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany although she placed only 11th.

[11] During the first leg of the Turkish Race Walk League held in Konya in April 2019, she set a national record in the 5,000m event of women's U20 category with her time of 21:54.