She is also a partner at NEMESTUDIO, an architectural office that has been recognized with several awards, including the 2016 Architectural League New York Prize for Young Architects, 2016 Architects Newspaper Best of Design Award, Notable Award at Core 77 Design Awards 2017, and the Graham Foundation Award. Turan is the founding chief-editor of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design journal New Geographies and was the editor-in-chief of the first two volumes of the journal: New Geographies 0 (2008) and New Geographies: After Zero (2009). Turan holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Istanbul Technical University, a Master of Environmental Design from Yale School of Architecture, and a Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.