A.Elif Yabacı graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara-Turkey with a B.Arch degree in the Department of Architecture in 2009. She started her M.Sc studies in Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Middle East Technical University (METU) same year and; she received her master degree with her thesis titled ‘The Role and Approach of Local Authorities in the Field of ‘Conservation’: Case Study in Hamamönü/Ankara’ in 2012. Currently, she is a Ph.D. Candidate in the same program at (METU). She choses to study on the conservation of modern university campuses in her Phd thesis. Presently, she is working at TED University, Department of Architecture as a research assistant.