I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the City, University of London, a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Research Associate at the Systemic Risk Centre and STICERD as well as a Research Affiliate at the CESifo network. My research and teaching revolve around financial intermediation, international finance and political economy.

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Update (12/22): I am co-organising the 4th LSE Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey. See the call for papers here and workshop website here.

Update (11/22): My new working paper on Cultural stereotypes of multinational banks (with Barry Eichengreen) is now out and has been featured on The Banker.  Read the latest NBER working paper here and the VoxEU piece here. Listen to me discussing it in a recent VoxTalks episode on Spotify here.

Update (10/22): My paper on Epidemic exposure, financial technology, and the digital divide (with Barry Eichengreen and Cevat Giray Aksoy) has been published at the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. It has also been featured on  VoxEU,  LSE Business Review,  LSE Covid-19 Blog,  ProMarket,  Crowdfund Insider,  Finextra  and  The Fintech Times. Read the published (open-access) version here.

Update (09/22): I have been promoted to Associate Professorship ("Senior Lecturer") at the City, University of London and taken over the post of (Deputy) Director of Research at the Department of Economics.

Update (04-06/22): I have visited the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Update (05/22): My paper on The Political scar of epidemics (with Barry Eichengreen and Cevat Giray Aksoy) is now conditionally accepted at The Economic Journal. It has also been featured on  VoxEU,  LSE Business Review,  LSE EUROPP,  ProMarket,  Government Executive (Podcast),  Pocket Dilemmas (Podcast),  Bloomberg (Podcast),  Daily Mail,  The Telegraph,  Euronews,  Mint,  Anadolu Agency,  Project Syndicate,  BBC News,  Daily Sabah,  The Guardian,  South China Morning Post,  The Washington Post,  Financial Post  and  Financial Times. Read the latest NBER working paper here.

Update (05/22): I have delivered a keynote speech for the 5th International Genç Ekonomistler Congress on the political consequences of financial crises and epidemics. The recording of the full speech (in Turkish) can be found here.