I am an immigration law professional, who also works as a freelance translator, based in Melbourne, Australia. I completed a BA in Politics, French and European Studies at Victoria University of Wellington in 1999. In addition to English and my native Turkish, I also speak or read and understand to various degrees of fluency French, Spanish, Italian, Azerbaijani and Te Reo Māori. Having worked for some years as a translator/interpreter with the European Commission in Turkey, I have been practising in this field for more than 20 years now with the last 15 being on a freelance basis during which time I also embarked on a successful career as an immigration law professional. I currently work as a freelance translator from English into Turkish and from Turkish and Azerbaijani into English for several New Zealand and Australian-based companies. In the past, I also translated from French into English and Turkish as well as working as an interpreter in both directions between Turkish and English. I am currently the only full member of the NZSTI in English-Turkish and Turkish-English translation.