[2] She graduated from Ankara University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Turkish language and literature in 1944.
[2] Following graduation, she became an assistant at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography (DTCF) of Ankara University in 1945.
Then she began to work as an assistant at the department of Turkish language and literature of the same university in 1948.
She worked as a visiting scholar there from 1954 to 1955 and studied Old Turkish Language with A. von Gabain, O. Pritsak and O.
[5] Korkmaz was a member of the Turkish Culture Research Institute; Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC); Ottoman-Pre-Ottoman Research Committee; Societas Uralo-Altaica; İLESAM (Professional Union of Turkish Science and Literature Academicians, Ankara).