Handan Salta is a theatre scholar, translator and educator with a PhD in Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy from Istanbul University, Turkey. Her academic and professional work focuses on feminist theatre, contemporary dramaturgy and Theatre in Education. She has taught extensively at universities including Maltepe, Marmara and Haliç, and has led workshops in creative drama and language education. A prolific translator of contemporary and classical plays, Salta also contributes theatre criticism to international platforms. She is a co-founder of TheatreIST and an active member of IATC, Assitej and Çev-Bir.