July 2019 – January 2020 Editorial Assistant and Research Intern Is Culture Publications, Istanbul, Turkey   

•  Worked under the Chief Editor Levent Cinemre and learned the basics of editing tradecraft, the art of publications and translating various works

• Translated and proof-read Frank McLynn’s Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered The World and Rajmohan Gandhi’s Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, his People and an Empire                                             

• Translated and proof-read the first three volumes of Sir Julian Corbett’s Naval Operations

• Collaborated with the graphic designers on designing book covers and formatting pages

• Proof-read the translation of the Treaty of Versailles, analyzing the treaty’s effect towards the declining Ottoman Empire

• Aided the chief editor in preparing the announcement text for the translated version of Over the Edge of the World, by Laurence Bergreen

This internship proved to be instrumental for me, as I worked under Mr. Cinemre who not only trained me in the arts of the editorial, but also gave me the opportunity to reflect my knowledge as an English major. I was able to offer up unique critical thinking skills I gained to provide diverse approaches for translating the narratives.

2022 Digital Poetry Publication on WIX

• Published a collection of multiple contemporary poems on personally created writer’s blog, through extensive digital editing and website creation tools of WIX. (https://www.alispoetryplace.com/)

As a part of my first digital publication project I learned about setting up a website in order to publish my own collection contemporary poems, focusing on accessibility and attraction for the audience. While some of the poems had no definite themes, a group of them were published under the title of Mundane and Nostalgia. The website was advertised via Instagram and Facebook.