She is the daughter of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician and former Minister of Culture and Tourism Atilla Koç (in office 2005–2007).

[1] After completing her secondary education at Ankara Atatürk Anadolu High School, she studied on full scholarship at Bilkent University earning a Bachelor's degree in Economics.

She continued her studies at University of Texas at Dallas, and received a Master's degree in Accounting and Information Resources Management.

During this time, her working fields were gender, demography, workforce, multi dimensional measurement of poverty, education and innovation, knowledge performance systems, banking and finance, development aid.

[1] On 9 July 2018, the newly elected President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his cabinet of the new Turkish political system.