Private life
After meeting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, her cousin whom she had never seen until high school, she got married in 1974. Due to her marriage, she dropped out of Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, School of Press and Broadcasting. She had three children from this marriage. One of their children died at the age of three months. She stated that her husband Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was not in favor of her entering politics, but she respected him for doing what he loved. While herself being a member of CHP since 2002, she has said in interviews that she is not in favour of entering active politics.{{Cite web , date=2011-06-06 , title=Eşimle farklı partilere oy verdiğimiz oldu... , url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/esimle-farkli-partilere-oy-verdigimiz-oldu-255604 , access-date=2023-07-05 , website=References