Kaia was born in 1963 in Artvin, a town in the Black Sea Region in north-eastern Turkey.

[2] She has a degree in civil engineering from Yıldız Technical University, an MSc in earthquake engineering from Boğaziçi University, and an advanced MSc degree in the structural analysis of historic constructions, for which she received a European Commission Scholarship.

[3] For her next album, Numinosum, Kaia wrote the lyrics and incorporated poetry by the 13th century scholar Rumi.

[4] For her 2008 album OUTIM – Once Upon a Time in Mingrelia she used her own lyrics together with poetry by the Mingrelian poet Xhelimishi Xasani.

[5] The score includes songs from her albums "Sâlâ, Outim, Numinosum, and Kül, as well as music she composed for the film.