Eren was born 1972 in Kayseri, Turkey. She did an MA in German Literature and massmedia studies. During her studies in Düsseldorf and Rome she started writing and acting in political satire and performed from 1990-1999 with "KGB-Satire against Evil". Since 1997 she has been working as a freelance journalist for radio and television. In 2005 she received a postgraduate degree in film and television at the Kunsthochschule für Medien in Cologne. "Import-Export" is her diploma film.