Meral's Professional Background
Meral dedicated her life to achieving excellence in English language education in Turkey and around the world. She valued international interactions immensely, which led to her participation in numerous conferences and exchange programmes.
Meral held a PhD in Educational Sciences, an MSc in TEFL, a BA in TEFL and a BA in Linguistics. Her teacher training experience included pre-service and in-service teacher training not only for university instructors but also for primary and secondary school teachers. Meral ran numerous teacher training courses and has been actively involved in SLTEP (Sabancı University School of Languages Teacher Education Program) for teachers and educational administrators across Turkey. She taught ELT Methodology and Practicum and Certificate of Pedagogic Formation Program. Meral had international teaching and teacher training experience in Poland, Finland, Austria and Portugal. She had a special interest in professional development, teacher education, educational administration and research.
Meral's Life and Family
Meral is survived by her husband Cem, her daughters Gözem and İrem, sons-in-law Mustafa and Simon, grandchildren Nar, Mavi, Mira and Ela.