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Her work reflects on the clashes and challenges between human-centred expectations and symbiotic ways of living with 'more than human'. She aims to push the boundaries of our current realities and transport audiences to radical futures to imagine and contemplate alternative ways of living, inquiring about harmonious coexistence between humans, nature, and technology. Her work was published in international conferences, DRS 2022, ELIA Biennial 2022, and IASDR 2023, and showcased at Dutch Design Week (DDW) 20, DDW '23, and DDW '24. 

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In 2023, she founded the research and design studio, Studio Bleu. Studio Bleu's research and design project, Second Skin, guided the development of the multisensory XR dining experience Microbiome Restaurant, where she is the co-director with Marcel van Brakel, founder and lead designer at Polymorf. Microbiome Restaurant was introduced for the first time in IDFA DocLab in November 2023 and funded by Nederlands Filmfonds and het Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie. Studio Bleu's other co-design with Polymorf, Future Botanica, was commissioned by MU Hybrid Art House and supported by The Creative Industries Fund Digital Culture and Fentener van Vlissingen Fund and the Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant together with IDFA Doclab.

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Hazal Erturkan's body of work is driven by a deep sense of responsibility towards the environment and 'more than human'. It focuses on experience design, novel narrative forms, and physical/digital mediums to create a bridge to unseen alternative ways of living.