Linguistics

F. Büsra Süverdem is working at the Department of French Translation and Interpreting at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University. She graduated from Strasbourg University, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures, both Departments of English and Turkish Studies. Then she fulfilled her MA degree at the same university, in the Institute of Translation, Interpreting and International Relations (ITIRI) and her PhD degree at Rouen University, Department of Linguistics. Her major research interests are language acquisition and development, bilingualism, linguistic and cultural issues of Turkish people living in Europe as well as translation and cultural studies.

Selen Tekalp has been working as the Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Dicle University, Turkey. She has a PhD from Gazi University in translation and cultural studies. She has translated two American bestsellers into Turkish. Her research focuses on a range of topics such as literary translation, self-translation, translation of popular fiction, ecocriticism, intertextuality, stylistics and postcolonialism.