Assoc. Prof. Dr. İzlem Kanlı obtained her BA from Ankara University, Faculty of Communication with honor’s degree in 2002. She later obtained a scholarship from University of East Anglia where she received her MA degree in Cultural Politics from Faculty of Arts and Humanities, School of Political, Social and International Studies, (UEA), UK. (2005), her thesis title being ‘Identity put into question: The Case of Cyprus‘. She obtained her PhD degree in Communication Science, from the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema at Marmara University-Istanbul, 2011; her thesis title being ‘A Cultural-Political Reading of Women’s Representation in Turkish Cinema: (1980-2010)’. She was lecturing at GAU at Faculty of Communication from 2007-2015 and was the head of Radio, Television and Cinema Department from 2011 onwards. She started lecturing at Near East University, Faculty of Communication from 2015 onwards as a lecturer in Radio, TV and Cinema department and is also the head of Department of Film Making and Broadcasting. Kanli continued her academic studies at SOAS University of London in School of Interdisciplinary Studies at the center for Gender Studies and at University of East Anglia, School of Art, Media and American Studies in Department of Film, Television and Media as a research associate between 2019 and 2021. Kanlı also taught MA Degree course at UEA during 2019-2020 academic year. Her academic research interests include cinema, gender, media & cultural studies and cultural politics. She is also interested in photography, and film making, she enjoys performing ballet, playing piano and is interested in gastronomy. Kanlı also holds an associate degree diploma in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts from Anadolu University (2019). She is very fluent in English and knows French at a beginners level.