İlhan Erdem

Since starting his professional translation career in 2008, İlhan Erdem has provided consecutive and simultaneous interpreting at hundreds of meetings, conferences and events in dozens of countries. He has worked as a translator or editor on projects running to thousands of pages. Erdem shares his passion for translation technology with every individual and organisation he works with, and now brings the experience gained over his wide-ranging career to the Pia platforms.

İlhan Erdem was born in Antalya in 1987. He was introduced to English at the age of nine, on a language course he joined a few weeks late. For a pupil who turned learning new words into a hobby, the first career dream was “one day, to translate what I hear as I hear it”.

After an education focused on foreign languages, he ranked among the top 300 candidates in Türkiye’s national university entrance exam (ÖSS). At Yeditepe University he completed a double major in Translation and Interpreting and in Political Science and International Relations, on a full scholarship and with high honours. He thus took his first steps towards simultaneous interpreting while immersed in a range of academic disciplines.