In 1916, she graduated from Arnavutköy American High School for Girls in Istanbul.

[1] She was married to Hüseyin Pektaş, vice principal of Robert College, and interpreter of the Turkish delegation at the Conference of Lausanne during 1922 and 1923.

Turkish women achieved voting rights in local elections on 3 April 1930.

[3] Four years later, on 5 December 1934, they gained full universal suffrage, earlier than most other countries.

After 1946, Pektaş resumed her teaching career, and between 1947 and 1950, she participated in the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.