Seda Karatabanoğlu graduated with a bachelor's degree from Istanbul University's Faculty of Communication in Turkey and a master's degree in European Studies and International Relations at l'Université Paul-Valéry in France. Her career began at Cumhuriyet Newspaper, Turkey's oldest newspaper. Furthermore, her contributions encompassing news coverage and articles pertaining to women's rights and the media economy have been disseminated across multiple esteemed online platforms, notably including Euronews Turkish and DW Turkish. Currently residing in France, she continues her work as an independent journalist.