Keriman Halis was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, as one of the six children of a merchant from Hacıosman, Manyas, Tevfik Halis Bey, in 1913. She grew up in a family with a religious background. During her childhood, her family lived in Findikzade, where she was surrounded by French nannies.
Keriman Halis, born in Constantinople to a merchant family from Hacıosman, Manyas, in 1913, had a religious upbringing and grew up with French nannies in Findikzade.