Sworn Translator / Interpreter (Dutch-Turkish-English) & Freelance Journalist
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Experience
Freelance Translator at HL TRAD
July 2012 - Present (3 months)
Dutch-Turkish legal translation & proofreading.

Translator/ Interpreter at Utopya Translation House
January 2011 - Present (1 year 9 months)
Freelance translator, interpreter, transcriptionist, proofreader

Freelance Translator at Statkraft
October 2010 - Present (2 years)
Translations regarding energy and hydroelectric power plants

Sworn Translator at Turkish Ministry of Justice
January 2007 - Present (5 years 9 months)
Interpretation for English, Dutch, German, and French speaking foreign suspects in Turkish courts.

Interpreter at Belgian Embassy in Istanbul
January 2007 - Present (5 years 9 months)
Translation & interpretation in prosecution cases of Belgians in Turkey.

World News Editor / Editorial Board at Aydınlık Newspaper
January 2010 - February 2012 (2 years 2 months)
Shaping policy of the front page & world news; editing articles and news reports; conducting interviews with
think tank strategists and top government officials around the world.

Freelance Translator at Romo Translations
June 2011 - July 2011 (2 months)
Dutch-Turkish Legal Translation.

Accompaniment (guidance) of autistic children and children with ADHD, from the Netherlands. at
Stichting Meded
January 2009 - June 2010 (1 year 6 months)
This individual accompaniment is aimed at tying strong emotional
ties between the accompanist/guide/teacher and the child during holidays, so that the child becomes more willing to communicate. This makes it easier to monitor the child's progress in detail.

E-commerce and Marketing Officer at KLM
June 2008 - January 2009 (8 months)

Interpreter at Turkish Ministry of Transport
May 2008 - June 2008 (2 months)

Freelance Interpreter
Interpreter at Jan De Nul
May 2008 - June 2008 (2 months)
Freelance Interpreter

Editorial Staff at Bilim ve Ütopya- Scientific Magazine
May 2007 - June 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Determining new themes for the upcoming issue.
Liaising with scientists and academics for articles.

Intern Journalist at TRT
February 2006 - August 2006 (7 months)
Decoding and translating the recorded documentary reports at the Documentary & Research Service

Intern Journalist at Cumhuriyet Daily Newspaper
June 2005 - August 2005 (3 months)
Undertaking researches at the Business and Economy Service

Languages:
Dutch (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Turkish (Native or bilingual proficiency)
English (Full professional proficiency)
German (Professional working proficiency)
Greek (Elementary proficiency)
Spanish (Elementary proficiency)
Persian (Elementary proficiency)

Education
Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Bachelor of Science (BS), Communication, General, 2000 - 2006