sanem was born in izmir one evening in the early summer of 1989, the first of the two daughters of white-collar technical workers. she migrated to istanbul with her family in 1996. after completing her B.A. in political science, she moved to ankara in 2012 to work in the public sector.
during the years spent working, studying and witnessing the country’s demise into authoritarianism at the heart of the capital, she decided that her future had to be elsewhere. she moved to athens in 2018 following some visions and her adolescent desire “to be a good writer, a good musician, and to live in one of those houses with a beautiful balcony”.
she currently lives in a house with a beautiful balcony, writes and makes music, pursues a PhD in history, practices and teaches divination, and is the general coordinator of the Magic Kitchen.