| 1955 | Born in Istanbul |
| 1973-1979 | Marmara University (Faculty of Dentistry) |
| 1980-1999 | Practised dentistry out of her own clinic |
| 1984 | Began taking photographs and for many years both dentistry and photography were a part of her life |
| 1985-2007 | Produced all her photographs (black and white) exclusively in her own darkroom |
| 1986 | First exhibition |
| 1993 | Gave classes in darkroom techniques at Yıldız Technical University’s department of photography |
| 1995 | One of her first stories, "Corn Field", had been used as a base for her brother Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s first feature film "Kasaba". |
| 1996 | Born her daughter Asiye |
| 1997 | Left dentistry |
| 2007 | Kış Yolculuğu (Winter Woyage), a collection of short stories was publised. (Norgunk) |
| She is living and working in Istanbul. |
