I serve as the Executive Director at the International Economic Relations Department at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.

Prior to this, I worked as Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director and Economist at the Structural Economic Research Department; and as an Economist at the Research and Monetary Policy Department.

I received my PhD degree in Economics in 2014, and MA degree in Economics in 2011 from the University of Virginia. I also obtained BA in Economics and BA in Political Science and International Relations degrees from Boğaziçi University.

My research interests are in Labor Economics, International Trade, and Firm Dynamics. I focus on how institutions and government policies shape labor market outcomes for individuals and firms, including issues such as informality, migration, and wage reporting. I also study how trade-related policies, financial access, and exchange rate fluctuations affect the export performance of firms. My final focus revolves around firm dynamics and pricing behavior.

RECENT WORK

Zombie Firms in Network: Congestion and Evergreening, Economic Modelling, 2025. 

Heterogeneity and Nonlinearity in the Relationship between Rediscount Credits and Firm Exports, Borsa Istanbul Review, 2024. 

Market Concentration and Producer Prices, Central Bank Review, 2023. 

The effect of education on internal migration of young men and women: incidence, timing, and type of migration,  Labour Economics, 2022.

Two and a Half Million Syrian Refugees, Tasks, and Capital Intensity, Journal of Development Economics, 2020.

Unleashing the full potential of the Turkish business sector, OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 2021.

Heterogeneous Effect of Exchange Rates on Firms’ Exports: Role of Labor Intensity, Central Bank Review, 2023. 

Declining Labor Market Informality in Turkey: Unregistered Employment and Wage Underreporting, 2021, TCMB WP 2119.