MERAL KARAKAYA

meralkarakayaa@hotmail.com

After her primary and secondary education in Ordu, she graduated in 1978 from Science and Nature Department of Samsun Education Institute. Having served as a teacher for 25 years, she got her retirement in 2003. Her poetry collections called ‘Gün Suya İnmeden – Before the Sun Descends towards the Water’ was published in 2007. For a while she wrote in her column in local newspaper called ‘Vizyon’. Beside her literary works he has been interested in painting and music. Since 2010 she has been contributing to women issues in the capacity of the president of Ordu Education, Culture, Arts and Women Solidarity Association.