Background
She was born in Ankara to a father of origin from Diyarbakır. Her father died of cancer when Rojda was only seven. She lived with her mother and elder sister Ruken.
She was born in Ankara to a father of origin from Diyarbakır. Her father died of cancer when Rojda was only seven. She lived with her mother and elder sister Ruken.
Rojda is the Kurdish language word for "sunrise". However, she has never commented on a supposed Kurdish ethnicity. At the age of 8, she began performing in children"s programmes at the state-owned TRT"s Radio Ankara.
Between 1997-2001, Demirer studied drama at the Turkish State Conservatory of Hacettepe University in Ankara.
After graduation, she worked for the State Theater of Trabzon from 2003 to 2008. The serial is at present being re-run by the Fox television Turkey.