Rabia Aksoy Arikan is affiliated with Cankiri Karatekin University, where she works as an Asst. Prof. Dr. in the Department of Western Languages and Literatures, English Language and Literature. She completed her BA at Dicle University. She earned her MA at Cankaya University in the Department of English Literature and Cultural Studies with a scholarship in 2014. She wrote her dissertation as a PhD candidate within the scope of the PhD Program on Translation and Cultural Studies in English at Gazi University and graduated in 2020. She centred on the descriptive thesis Translations of Yunus Emre Poems into English, focusing on Turkish-English Translations, cultural references, and poetry translation. Her current research interests lie in the fields of translation in every aspect, including translation of cultural items and cultural studying research.