Background
She was born in Malatya and moved to Germany when she was eight.
She was born in Malatya and moved to Germany when she was eight.
Polat studied German, philosophy and cultural sciences at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Bremen.
Polat admires the work of David Lynch, Michelangelo Antonioni, Stanley Kubrick and Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney. She lives in Hamburg.