Born to a multicultural family in Hatay, Betül has almost 20 years of professional work experience which has taken her to various countries and engaged her in a diverse range of work related projects. This includes 10 years of experience with the British Consulate in İstanbul where she worked at ARK Group, One World Consulting,, Dexis Consulting and contributed to independent NGOs such as the Humanitarian Open Street Map. Betül Studied Economics in Bucharest, Romania and Ankara and she recently went back to her studies while continuing to work for the British Consulate-General in Istanbul as Deputy Corporate Services Manager. Besides her native Turkish, she has advanced English and conversational Arabic.