I then worked in the textile industry based in Istanbul as the brand manager, dealing with international clients in the UK, United States and Canada as well as other non English speaking countries using English as the ‘lingua franca’. I have worked with numerous companies throughout the UK, including Princess Yachts, Karen Millen, Henleys, Quiksilver, Goldbergs Solicitors etc. I am now married and moved to England where I began working as a freelance sworn translator interpreter and language tutor with various businesses, translation companies, academic institutions and government agencies who have links with Turkey or Turkish speaker clients and who therefore may periodically require such services. I am listed as local interpreter /translator for Plymouth City Council, Bristol City Council, Cornwall County Council, Bath/North Somerset and Avon City Council, South Devon Health Care NHS, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, The Insolvency Service, Devon &Cornwall Constabulary (Criminal Justice, Police Forces), Ethnic Minorities Organizations (Bristol/Plymouth) and many more. Through my translation and interpretation experience, I gained membership of the Turkish Association of Translators Çeviri Derneği, member of FIT In 2004 as a sworn translator.