I was born in 1974 in Istanbul as the first child of a deaf couple. 

I hold MA in History from the Istanbul Medeniyet University with my thesis Ititled "Evaluation of the News Subject to Armenians in Anatoli Newspaper (1[sensitive content])".   I also hold BA in Business Administration from the Beykent University Tourist Guiding Department and graduated at the top of my department.

I was one of the founder delegate of Turkey Tourist Guides Union (TUREB) in 2012.  I also acted as the General Secretary of Greek Speaker Guides Association (YURED).  I have bean an active member of the Istanbul Guides Chamber (IRO) since 2007. 

I am also the founder and the executive board president of the History Culture Tourism Guides Association (TKTC).  Additionally I am in charge of the Arbitration Commission member of the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA) and the West Asia Regional Representative between 2[sensitive content] of the same federation. 

I have led tours in more than sixty countries as I am currently approaching the twentieth year in my profession.I operate in Turkish, English, Greek and Turkish Sign Languages.I am able to read Ancient Greek and Classical Turkish and communicate in French and Italian as well.

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