Berîvan Saruhan was born in 1994 in Mardin (Northern Kurdistan). She graduated from Mardin Artuklu University, Department of Kurdish Language and Literature in 2017. She started her Master’s degree at the same university at the Living Languages Institute, Department of Kurdish Language and Culture, but had to quit due to various reasons. She carried out voluntary and professional work in many non-governmental organizations in Kurdistan and Istanbul. She currently continues her work in the field of combating gender and violence against women at the Women’s Time Association in Istanbul. She has been a sworn translator since 2016 and has been working as a freelance translator, editor and Kurdish language instructor.
