OUR TEAM
SEDA KURT TOSUN
After graduating from Bilkent University Department of Translation and Interpreting, Seda completed the European Union-funded Masters in Conference Interpreting Program at the same university with a full scholarship in 2009. During this period, she also studied at the Institut Libre Marie Haps
University in Belgium for one semester and had the opportunity to experience academic education abroad. Since 2009, she has worked continuously as a conference interpreter. First as a full-time interpreter in a highly technical EU project and then as a freelance interpreter, she acquired the ability to adapt to different subjects and environments, learning a new subject, environment, and terminology each time. She founded ANKA Conference Interpreters with her friends who had similar training and working habits. Since then, she has continued her career with ANKA.
GAMZE OKUR YAĞIZ
Gamze realised her interest in foreign languages during her education at Zonguldak Atatürk Anatolian High School and dedicated herself to this field. In 2003, she enrolled in Bilkent University Department of Translation and Interpreting on a full scholarship. After graduating with honours, she completed the European Union-funded Masters in Conference Interpreting Program at Bilkent University. After working in the freelance market for a while, she founded ANKA with her partners, who were first friends and then colleagues, with whom she enjoyed working together. Since then, she has been actively working in the field of translation and interpreting.
EBRU ERKUL AĞMAZ
Ebru started her undergraduate studies at Bilkent University’s English/French Translation and Interpreting Department with a similar degree to her partners. During her studies, she also benefited from the Erasmus Program and completed part of her studies in Brussels. She graduated from the Masters in Conference Interpreting Program in 2012 and took her first step into the profession. Since then, she has been doing her bit in both meetings and translation projects. After gaining experience in the profession for a while, she decided to join a corporate organisation with her university friends. She continues to work at Anka Conference Interpreters as a conference interpreter who has turned business travel into a lifestyle, like many of her colleagues who love to experience different emotions every day at work.
ASLI ALANAT KILIÇ
Aslı Alanat Kılıç developed an early interest in languages, international affairs and cross-cultural communication. After receiving her French Baccalauréat from Lycée Charles de Gaulle in Ankara, she pursued studies in Applied Foreign Languages at Université Stendhal–Grenoble III and in Political Science at Chisinau State University, before completing her B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University (METU). She later earned an M.A. in Conference Interpreting from Bilkent University on a full bursary, and subsequently taught as a part-time instructor in the university’s Department of Translation and Interpretation.
She has built more than fifteen years of experience as a conference interpreter working in Turkish, English and French, providing simultaneous, consecutive, whispered and liaison interpretation in a wide range of high-level settings. Her assignments have included international conferences, bilateral meetings, official visits, negotiations, press conferences and meetings involving heads of delegation, senior government officials and international representatives.
One of the aspects she particularly enjoys about conference interpreting is the preparation required for highly technical meetings. Delving into unfamiliar subjects, mastering specialised terminology and gaining an understanding of new fields is, for her, an integral and particularly rewarding part of the profession.
She has been a member of the Conference Interpreters’ Association of Turkey (TKTD) since 2013.