Regaip Minareci was born in 1955 in Istanbul. After completing her secondary education in Munich, she studied electronic engineering at the Technical University of Munich. In 1977, she started working as a translator at Hürriyet Group. She held administrative positions as editor, editor-in-chief, editorial director and publication coordinator in various publishing organisations for many years. Minareci has translated many classical and contemporary works from German into Turkish. She is the recipient of the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation.