She worked for 13 years as a pharmacist, and at present is Deputy Chair of the Board at Pet Holding [REF] as well as Chair of the Board for the Köksal Education Foundation} [REF].
From 2001 to 2007 she was a member of the Ministry of Justice Penal Institutions and Detention Houses Monitoring Board, a post from which she resigned in April 2007 for reasons of health [REF].