In 1938, being considered foreigners due to their Iranian citizenship, her family was forced to leave the Soviet Union and moved to Ardabil, the hometown of Gulgun's father. Upon graduation Madina Gulgun worked as a knitter at a local factory and a reporter for the Azeri-language newspapers Azerbaijan and Vatan Yolunda.
Madina Gulgun's family was forced to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1938, primarily because of their Iranian citizenship. They settled in Ardabil, her father's hometown. After completing her education, she found employment as a textile worker at a local factory and wrote for Azeri-language newspapers Azerbaijan and Vatan Yolunda.