Firdevs Çalkanoğlu was born in Istanbul in 1978. She is a graduate of Dumlupınar University Business Administration Faculty. Çalkanoğlu started her marbling studies with Ayla Makas at Caferağa Madrassah in 2003 and continued with Fuat Başar at Little Hagia Sophia. She attended the marbling classes at Yılmaz Eneş Workshop in 2008 and received her marbling license from Fuat Başar in 2009. Çalkanoğlu also took khatt classes from Başar and continues her studies at her workshop at Little Hagia Sophia.