Ayşe Ünlütürk, a second generation member of Sun Grup of Companies, a family-owned textile and apparel company in Izmir, completed her university education at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, majoring in Fashion Management. She then moved to New York to study Design History and Curatorial Studies at Parsons, the New School. Having worked professionally in the fields of retail planning and art education, Ünlütürk also held the position of Corporate Relations and Communication Executive at Sun Tekstil.
As of now, she manages the womenswear brand ARETE ready-to-wear, which she founded at the beginning of 2023. She is currently serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of Ekoten and a Member of the Board of Directors of Jimmy Key.