Dr. Dilara Bessano, a Turkish Cypriot born and raised in Cyprus, studied in Italy and married a writer and researcher, Antonio Bessano. After her husband's suicide on his birthday, Dilara and her 4-year-old daughter Asia returned to Cyprus. Dilara worked as an instructor at Near East University's Faculty of Communication while completing a documentary about "Mass Graves in Cyprus" that she had been working on with her husband.
Dr. Dilara
Turkish Cypriot Dr. Dilara Bessano was born in Cyprus before relocating to Italy to further her education, where she met and married writer and researcher Antonio Bessano.