Born in Istanbul in 1968, she studied philosophy in Turkey, earning the nickname "Miss Wittgenstein".
Her first novel, De Markov-keten ("The Markov chain", 1998) is an exploration of the thoughts of a psychiatric patient, obviously influenced by Becket, and with a strong philosophical element.
Her journalistic work includes the interactive internet column Kip en ei zonder kop ("Chicken and egg without a head"), at Intermediair online.
Three unpublished dramas go by the collective title of Reductio ad absurdum.
In English and Dutch sources, her surname is often written Baycili, for want of the correct Turkish fonts.