Leyla Bektaş-Ata graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Communication Sciences Department of Journalism and completed her master's degree at Marmara University with her thesis "Transformation of Urban Space and Alienation: Viewing the City through Documentaries". She worked as a research assistant and lecturer at Bahçeşehir University, Şişli Vocational School, Istanbul Aydın University. She is writing a thesis on neighborhood and city experience in Hacettepe University Communication Sciences Doctorate Program. She continues her studies on urban and daily life studies, urban journalism and qualitative research methods.