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Dr. Benli received her B.Sc. (ranked 2nd, high honor degree), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Işık University.
From 2005-2013, while she was doing her M.Sc. and Ph.D., she also worked as a teaching assistant at Işık University in Computer Engineering department.
She received three times "Most Admired Engineering Faculty Teaching Assistant" award from the student council of Işık University.
She was awarded the TÜBİTAK graduate scholarship during her master education.
During her Ph.D. she worked as a researcher in TÜBİTAK project which is related with facial expression recognition.
Between 2013-2017 she worked as a lecturer at Işık University in Computer Engineering department.
In 2018, she joined to Üskudar University and still continues to work as a vice chair in software engineering department.
Her research interests include image processing, pattern recognition, and computer science education.