On 5 July 2005, she was appointed director general of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet[1] She retired on 15 October 2007.
[2] In the early years, she gained fame in her performance in the romantic ballet Giselle.
She also took part in many ballets in Leningrad, Kiew, Minsk, Riga and Odessa, all then in the former Soviet Union.
In later years, she also performed in the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, former Yugoslavia, Germany, Bulgaria, Algeria, Egypt, Tunis, Pakistan and Denmark.
[3] In 2010, Nevsal Baylas wrote a book about Meriç Sümen titled Dansa Aşık Bir Kuğu ("The Swan who fell in love with Dance") .