After graduating from high school, she married the mathematics teacher, Fuat Say, on 18 February 1926.
After she was married, she continued her education at the Istanbul Fine Arts Academy (Turkish: İstanbul Devletlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi, İDGSA).
She was educated in the atelier of Namık İsmail at the Painting Department of the academy, which she graduated from in 1929.
She continued to teach art for 36 years, and between 1960 and 1970 went to the United States for some time to work on painting there.
[13][14][15] The article on official weddings (Turkish: "resmi nikahla evlenilmesi") in the new Civil Law was prepared by the first Minister of Justice of Turkey Mahmut Esat Bozkurt.
The sculpture, which sits on a white marble foundation, is made from poured bronze and also depicts two interlocked wedding rings representing the unity of a woman and man in marriage.
Other Turkish artists in a similar field of interpretation include Şükriye Dikmen, Adnan Varınca Naile Akıncı, Şeref Bigalı, Cemil Eren, Kainat Barkan Pajonk, Muammer Öner, İbrahim Bozkuş, Oya Kınıklı, Fahrettin Baykal and Aysu Koçak.
It follows the story of Zehra Say among other women including Sabiha Gökçen, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Jale İnan, Halet Çambel, and Afet İnan during the early years of the Republic.