Çiçek Karaöz has been a research assistant of archaeology at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University since 2010. She received her B.A. in archaeology at Istanbul University in 2008 and her M.A. in archaeology at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University in 2012. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate. She has been affiliated with several projects in Turkey, including Bademağacı, Perge, and Daskyleion Archaeological projects, as well as underwater survey at Kemer. Her research interests include the Attic pottery trade and the Achaemenid Period in western Turkey.