She is a peace worker from Ankara, Turkey, with a background in journalism
and peace and conflict studies. Burcu initiated the “Urban Gardening Peace Project's Peace Garden” in Wuppertal,a nature-based, micro-level and transformative peacebuilding project which received attention in both the media and research. She transforms peace science for real world environment and finds state-of-the-art scientific solutions. She was selected T7 Task Force, UNRISD Eco-Social Contract working group member.