Farah Zeynep Abdullah was born on 17 August 1989, in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey. Her maternal grandfather is Turkish from Erzincan while maternal grandmother is of Bosnian descent, and her father, Osman, is of Iraqi Turkmen origin. Due to war, her father immigrated to Turkey while he was a child. Even so, he did military service in Iraq. Also her paternal grandmother is originally from Pljevlja, Montenegro. She also has two brothers. Her secondary education was spent at the Lycée français Saint-Michel in Istanbul until her family moved to London where her father worked.Her entire family lives in England while she currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey, due to her work commitments.
