Born in Bursa and educated at the Bursa Commercial High School and
  the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, her
    professional involvement with photography began in 1976, when she
     founded a new monthly periodical called "Yeni Fotograf" as
      owner/editor (1976-1981). She edited and published Turkish
       Photography Yearbooks in 1978 and 1980. Many articles by
      Engin Özendes have been published in newspapers, magazines and
     encyclopaedias, she has served on juries for numerous photographic
    competitions, and given many illustrated lectures on photography.
  In 1990, she awarded the title of Excellence Fiap (ESFIAP) by Federation Internationale de L'Art Photographique.

Books
1987 Photography in the Ottoman Empire 1839-1919, Haşet, İstanbul
1989 Photographer Ali Sami 1866-1936, Haşet, İstanbul
1992 Türkiye'de Fotograf , published by İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul
1995 Photography in the Ottoman Empire 1839-1919, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul
1998 Abdullah Freres Ottoman Court Photographers, YKY, İstanbul

With Andre Kertesz, N.Y. 1981

Exhibitions
As a curator/organizator
1977-1982 Generations exhibition  for Istanbul Art Festivals
1980 Amateur Turkish Photography, Neuchatel / Switzerland
As an owner
1985 Photography of the Ottoman Empire, Bari / Italy
1985 İstanbul in the 19th Century, Taksim Gallery/Istanbul
1989 Ali Sami Bey, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum / İstanbul
1992 19th Century Urban Scenes, Ayße Takİ Gallery / İstanbul
1993 Ottoman Portraits, State Gallery/İstanbul

TV Programmes
1989 Four-part serial for TRT-2 entitled Photography from Past to Present
1989 Interview on photography for the TRT-2 programme Good Evening
1991 Two-part serial programme for TRT-1 on Turkish Photographic Art
1993 "Abdullah Freres'Studio/Narmanlı Yurdu" for TRT-2
1994 TV-2 represented her works in Studio İstanbul programme
1997 STV represented her works
1998 Interwiev her last book Abdullah Freres for TRT-2
1998 About her last book Abdullah Freres for  NTV

With Cornell Capa,  N.Y. 1981

With L. Fritz Gruber, Köln 1986

With Ara Güler, Paris 1992

Other
1981 Photography in Turkey, a booklet she prepared for the 
         FOCUS Conference held at Harvard Semitic Museum,
         Boston, USA
1989 Special photography supplement for an art magazine
         Gösteri on the 150th anniversary of the discovery of
         photography.
1994 Editorial consultant for Photo GLOBE magazine