“Every morning, she walked in the darkness, through the dunes, to the fish factory. A story that found no place in our collective memory, overlooked in our archives.”
TEXTILE- AND VIDEOINSTALLATION
2024
TUFTED TAPESTRY
2024
Grandmother
Part of mij solo exhibition If Only You Knew at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam is my video installation with tufted objects. In that installation I turn my gaze inward and examine my memories of my grandmother. How can you keep the past in focus when memories fade?
Freedom, Equality, Sisterhood
Traditionally, tapestries have served as carriers of significant stories. This tapestry intertwines archival photo images of six female figures with symbols and a slogan of the HTKB, which advocated for their rights. The tapestry portrays the story of the HTKB as an integral part of Amsterdam’s history.
PHOTO BOOK
2024
EXHIBITION
2020-2024
If Only You Knew
This is my very first photo book, it is about the first generation of women from Turkey in the Netherlands. These women often worked very hard and contributed to the development of the Netherlands. However, their stories remain largely absent in Dutch image archives. You can order the book (€ 39,95) on my website or through the publisher's website, NAI010.
If Only You Knew
If Only You Knew is my first solo exhibition about the first generation of women from Turkey in the Netherlands. These women often worked very hard and contributed to the development of the Netherlands. However, their stories remain largely absent in Dutch image archives. This exhibition is on display until May 2025 at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam.
INSTALLATION
2023
Ctrl.Alt.Img
Ctrl.Alt.Img was born out of my research about the representation of muslim women in the Dutch media. Ctrl.Alt.Img is a interactive booth that mimics the form and dynamics of a playful photo booth. Participants leave the booth with a printed memento capturing a photograph and an AI-generated image of themselves. This project was designed, researched and produced by affect lab in collaboration with Prospektor and Babusi Nyoni (Triple Black).
RESEARCH
2020-2022
PODCAST
2022
Research reports ‘Muslim Women in Dutch Media’
For years, I've been bothered by the stereotypical image of Muslim women in the Dutch media. That's why I conducted research into photos of Muslim women in the image bank of ANP and in Dutch newspapers. This resulted in two groundbreaking research reports.
‘Moslima’
In the two-part podcast series ‘Moslima’ I explore together with Maartje Duin how the portrayal of ‘the Muslim woman’ has developed over the years and how we can change that image.
IMPACT TALKS
2022-2023
MULTIMEDIA PHOTO SERIES
2019 - 2023
The Power of Images
To bring my studies to the attention of colleagues (and a wider audience), I organized a change process in collaboration with Prospektor and the Pakhuis de Zwijger debate center.
A New Beginning
Who are you, and who do you want to become? And what if you had to reinvent yourself? In A New Beginning, I collaborate with young individuals who, after their flight to the Netherlands, embark on a journey to discover their (new) identity.
PHOTO SERIES
2019
PHOTO SERIES
2021
The Game
The Game is a journalistic photo series that played a crucial role in my research prior to creating A New Beginning. This series focuses on teenagers seeking refuge in unconventional sleeping arrangements, such as tents in muddy fields and abandoned buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Family Portraits
I was awarded the Stipendium Schiedams Water grant and as part of this grant I created a series of family portraits of Schiedam residents with Turkish backgrounds.
PHOTO SERIES
2016
PHOTO SERIES
2016
Palestinian Minors
In 2016 I traveled to the Westbank in Palestine and made a portrait series about Palestinian minors who have been arrested by Israeli soldiers. How does a child reattaches to life after being arrested and assaulted in the middle of the night? How does a child cope with deportation, interrogation and abuse?
Syrian Child Labour
With two colleagues from the Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant I visited the Turkish city of Gaziantep in 2016. We went there to report on the changing dynamics in the city with the arrival of Syrian refugees. When we arrived there, we discovered that many Syrian children were working in various textile and shoe factories.
“Every morning, she walked in the darkness, through the dunes, to the fish factory. A story that found no place in our collective memory, overlooked in our archives.”
TEXTILE- AND VIDEOINSTALLATION
2024
Grandmother
Part of my solo exhibition If Only You Knew at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam is my video installation with tufted objects. In that installation I turn my gaze inward and examine my memories of my grandmother. How can you keep the past in focus when memories fade?
TUFTED TAPESTRY
2024
Freedom, Equality, Sisterhood
Traditionally, tapestries have served as carriers of significant stories. This tapestry intertwines archival photo images of six female figures with symbols and a slogan of the HTKB, which advocated for their rights. The tapestry portrays the story of the HTKB as an integral part of Amsterdam’s history.
PHOTO BOOK
2024
If Only You Knew
This is my very first photo book, it is about the first generation of women from Turkey in the Netherlands. These women often worked very hard and contributed to the development of the Netherlands. However, their stories remain largely absent in Dutch image archives. You can order the book (€ 39,95) on my website or through the publisher's website, NAI010.
EXHIBITION
2020-2024
If Only You Knew is my first solo exhibition about the first generation of women from Turkey in the Netherlands. These women often worked very hard and contributed to the development of the Netherlands. However, their stories remain largely absent in Dutch image archives. This exhibition is on display until May 2025 at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam.
INSTALLATION
2022
Ctrl.Alt.Img
Ctrl.Alt.Img was born out of my research about the representation of muslim women in the Dutch media. Ctrl.Alt.Img is a interactive booth that mimics the form and dynamics of a playful photo booth. Participants leave the booth with a printed memento capturing a photograph and an AI-generated image of themselves. This project was designed, researched and produced by affectlab in collaboration with Prospektor and Babusi Nyoni (Triple Black).
RESEARCH
2020-2022
Research reports ‘Muslim Women in Dutch Media’
For years, I've been bothered by the stereotypical image of Muslim women in the Dutch media. That's why I conducted research into photos of Muslim women in the image bank of ANP and in Dutch newspapers. This resulted in two groundbreaking research reports.
PODCAST
2022
Podcast ‘Moslima’
In the two-part podcast series ‘Moslima’ I explore together with Maartje Duin how the portrayal of ‘the Muslim woman’ has developed over the years and how we can change that image.
IMPACT TALKS
2022-2023
The Power of Images
To bring my studies to the attention of colleagues (and a wider audience), I organized a change process in collaboration with Prospektor and the Pakhuis de Zwijger debate center.
MULTIMEDIA PHOTO SERIES
2019-2023
A New Beginning
PHOTO SERIES
2019
The Game
The Game is a journalistic photo series that played a crucial role in my research prior to creating A New Beginning. This series focuses on teenagers seeking refuge in unconventional sleeping arrangements, such as tents in muddy fields and abandoned buildings in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PHOTO SERIES
2021
PHOTOSERIES
2016
Palestinian Minors
In 2016 I traveled to the Westbank in Palestine and made a portrait series about Palestinian minors who have been arrested by Israeli soldiers. How does a child reattaches to life after being arrested and assaulted in the middle of the night? How does a child cope with deportation, interrogation and abuse?
PHOTO SERIES
2016
Syrian Child Labour
With two colleagues from the Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant I visited the Turkish city of Gaziantep in 2016. We went there to report on the changing dynamics in the city with the arrival of Syrian refugees. When we arrived there, we discovered that many Syrian children were working in various textile and shoe factories.