Born on 19th March 1981 İstanbul. Her father İlhan Çetinkaya is a senior manager in the automotive and transportation sector. Upon finishing Private Bebek Yeni Yıldız Primary School (1992), she entered Robert College for secondary school (1996) and high school (1992) education.
Upon graduating from economy department of Koç University, her career started in scriptwriting and sales-marketing fields. She speaks English, German and French. She is single, a member of Caddebostan Sports Club and a very skillful snowboard rider. Chess, hunting and cinema are her other hobbies.Her automobile sports career started with the Hittite Rally in 2005 season. She finished her first race she entered with Fiat Palio in the third line. She was in the third place at Fiat Rally women’s cup same year. She became the second in women’s category at Kocaelli Rally; she became fifth in class two at Beykoz Rally-cross.
She entered all three races of 2005 Castrol İstanbul Rally Championship and completed all of them with her Palio. She had the women's cup in all three rallies she has completed in 25th, 21st and 15th lines in the general category.
There she became the winner of 2005 Castrol İstanbul Rally Championship. As being the single female pilot to qualify in the first 10 at Castrol Fiesta Rally Cup, she enters a tense challenge with her 9 male opponents in 2006 season rallies.
She will take the start with Fiesta ST after Palio which was her first rally car, but she desires to race with Fiat Punto Süper 2000.