Court authorisations
- Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main: generally authorised translator for Turkish – ref. 316 E 142 – 9
- Regional Court of Limburg: generally authorised translator and sworn interpreter for Turkish – ref. 316 E – SH 1 Bd. 6
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf: authorised translator and sworn interpreter for English – ref. 316E-6.4939
- District Court of The Hague (Rechtbank Den Haag): sworn interpreter (beëdigd tolk)
- Registered with the Turkish consulates general in Hamburg, Berlin, Essen, Düsseldorf, Münster, Hanover, Mainz and Karlsruhe, and with the Sapanca notary office
- State-certified translator for Turkish (Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie) · IHK-certified translator for English
You can verify my authorisations in the official German database: justiz-dolmetscher.de
Education and experience
- M.A. Management Information Systems – Boğaziçi University
- B.Sc. Economics – University of Wuppertal
- More than 15 years of translation and interpreting, court interpreter in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Translator and interpreter for the Sapanca notary office
- 2017–2020: Digital Marketing Manager, TRT Türkiye
- Certified trainer (IHK) · internal ISO 9001 auditor of our office
- Languages: Turkish, German, English; basic French, Arabic, Farsi and Laz
Our office
My father Ahmet Balkaya, a graduate translator (University of Bonn), founded Balkaya Übersetzungen in Wuppertal in 2007 and still advises us today. Since then we have served more than 10,000 clients. Our office is ISO 9001 certified (TÜV SÜD). I check and sign every certified translation myself, and my team supports you from the first message to delivery. Meet our team
Balkaya Übersetzungen – Yeminli Tercüman · Sonnborner Str. 90 · 42327 Wuppertal