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November 13-16, 2025
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Pelin Sarıkaya – CV (En)

Pelin Sarıkaya

She was born in Ankara, where she also completed her primary and secondary education. In 2015, she graduated from the Department of Environmental Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU). During her studies at METU, she took an elective theatre course and performed in Güngör Dilmen’s Ben Anadolu (I, Anatolia).

In 2016, she began her second undergraduate degree in Acting at the Department of Theatre, Faculty of Language, History and Geography (DTCF), Ankara University. During her studies there, she took part as an actor in Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children and William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both produced within the department. She also performed in Pilavcı Karısı (The Pilaf Seller’s Wife), a short play adapted from Gaye Boralıoğlu’s short story collection Mübarek Kadınlar (Blessed Women), staged in various venues.

In 2018, she completed the Ministry of National Education–approved Creative Drama Leadership Certificate Program with her project on the use of creative drama in the process of staging Chekhov’s The Bear with amateur performers. In 2019, she served as an assistant in the Erasmus+ project “Reconnection: Physical Theatre Tools,” organized by ASSITEJ Turkey, and participated in the Erasmus+ project “Make Your Move” held in Hamburg, Germany.

After graduating as the top student of her department from Ankara University’s Department of Theatre in 2020, she successfully passed the entrance exam of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality City Theatre and began working there as an actress. During her time with the theatre, she performed in Aslolan Hayattır by Haluk Işık, God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, and I Close My Eyes and Do My Duty by Haldun Taner. She also worked as an assistant director in several productions and directed as well as performed in the children’s play Little Red Riding Hood, for which she received an Encouragement Award from Yeni Tiyatro magazine.

In 2023, she served as the assistant artistic director of the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality City Theatre. She participated as the artists’ representative of the theatre in the 1st Workshop of Metropolitan Municipality Theatres: The Search for a Legal Framework for Local Government Theatres held in İzmir on June 21–23, 2023, and contributed to the preparation of the workshop’s final report.

In 2021, she was admitted to the master’s program in Theatre at Hacettepe University Graduate School of Fine Arts and began working as a research assistant in the Department of Theatre, Faculty of Performing Arts, Ankara State Conservatory. She continues her work as a research assistant at the conservatory. After completing her master’s degree in 2024, she is now pursuing a PhD in Theatre (Proficiency in Art) at Anadolu University Graduate School.