Karin Karakasli was born in Istanbul in 1972. She graduated in Translation and Interpreting Studies. From 1996 to 2006 she worked at the Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos as editor, head of the editorial department and columnist on both Turkish and Armenian pages. She has completed an M.A. in Comparative Literature, works as a translation instructor at the university and as a teacher of Armenian language and literature in an Armenian High School. She is currently a columnist at Agos and Radikal newspapers, and continues to write fiction and poetry. Her books include a children's novel called Ay Denizle Bulusunca (When the Moon Meets the Sea), short story collections Baska Dillerin Sarkisi (Song of Other Languages), and Can Kiriklari (Splinters of the Heart), works of poetry, Her Kimsen SANA (Whoever you are this is FOR YOU), a novel is Müsait Bir Yerde Inebilir Miyim? (Can I Get Out Somewhere You Don't Mind?). She is the co-writer of the research book Türkiye'de Ermeniler: Cemaat, Birey, Yurttas (Armenians in Turkey: Community, Individual, Citizen).