She completed her undergraduate nursing education at Atatürk University School of Nursing in 1992 and obtained the title of professor in the Department of Public Health Nursing in 2017. For over twenty years, Tanriverdi has been conducting scientific and social studies focusing on transcultural nursing, culture's impact on health, transcultural models, interfaith nursing, and health approaches in different cultures. Tanriverdi, a Sociology department graduate, has participated in fieldwork with her students for the past 30 years in efforts to protect and improve community health. Since 2005, Tanriverdi has worked in the Department of Public Health Nursing at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University.