Research Interests 

Neo-institutionalism, cooperativism, community economic development, pluralistic economics, political macroeconomics, public choice theory.

Book Chapters

"Cooperative Rationale in Banking: Evidence from North American Finance" in Cooperativism around the World: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Bülent Temel, 215-284. New York City, NY: Cambridge Institute Publications, 2017. 

"The Great Recession (2007-2009) and an Alternative Institutionalist Approach to Financial Crises: Organizational Rationale" in Cooperativism around the World: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Bülent Temel, 139-214. New York City, NY: Cambridge Institute Publications, 2017. 

 “Cooperative Rationale in Context: Conditions and Performance in the Case of Turkey” in Cooperatives in Context: Two Countries, Two Outcomes, edited by Bülent Temel, 55-147. Austin, TX: Cambridge Institute Publications, 2016. 

“Candidacy versus Membership: Is Turkey the Greatest Beneficiary of the EU?” In The Great Catalyst: European Union Project and Lessons from Greece and Turkey, edited by Bülent Temel, 339-385. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013. 

“Regularizing the Unregulated? European Union’s Role in the Undocumented Immigration Problem in Greece” (with Christina Akrivopoulou). In The Great Catalyst: European Union Project and Lessons from Greece and Turkey, edited by Bülent Temel, 135-153. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013.

“Effects of Economic and Monetary Union on the Greek Political System: Dimensions of the Current Crisis” (with Christoforos Vernardakis). In The Great Catalyst: European Union Project and Lessons from Greece and Turkey, edited by Bülent Temel, 83-94. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013. 

“Introduction.” In The Great Catalyst: European Union Project and Lessons from Greece and Turkey, edited by Bülent Temel, 1-8. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013. 

“European Union and Turkey: Transformation of State-Society Relationship” (with Bahar Hurmi). In Societal Peace and Ideal Citizenship for Turkey, edited by Rasim Dönmez and Pınar Enneli,  207-226. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011. 

Journal Articles

“Workers' Rights in Turkish Law” (with Ali Temel). International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies 2, no.3 (2014): 248-72.  

“Workers' Rights and Employment Contracts in a Developing Country Context: The Case of Turkey” (with Ali Temel). International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies 2, no.1 (2014): 65-83. 

“Co-operative Organizations and Institutional Stability: Evidence from the Canadian Financial Sector.” Review of International Co-operation (2013): 48-66. 

“Divided We Stand: A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Semi-Centennial Cyprus Dispute.” Journal of Cyprus Studies 17, no.40 (2013): 1-14. Link

“Self-determination vs. Territorial Integrity: Ottoman-Armenian Conflict of 1915 from Two Perspectives of Statehood.” Review of Armenian Studies no. 26 (2012): 173-189. 

Book Reviews

“The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics.” Journal of Sports Economics 15 (December 2014): 650-653. 

“Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It.” Acta Oeconomica 64, no.3 (September 2014): 392-396. 

“The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas.” The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 21, no. 3 (2014): 541-544. 

“The Power of Market Fundamentalism: Karl Polanyi’s Critique.” Journal of Economics/Ekonomický Casopis 62, no.6 (2014): 661-664. 

“Unemployment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policies.” Journal of Economics and Statistics 234, no. 4 (2014): 527-528. 

“The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off.” Journal of Economic Geography 14 (2014): 477-8. 

“The Regimes of European Integration: Constructing Governance of the Single Market.” Journal of Economics/Ekonomický Casopis 61, no. 10 (2013): 1087-1089. 

Conference Proceeding

“Ethics vs. Morality: Political Economics of Education.” Proceedings of the Management, Knowledge and Learning International Conference 2014 (Portorož, Slovenia, disser25-27 June 2014), ISSN 2232-3309, June 2014, 1479 pp. 

Translated Article

“Sosyal Ekonomi ve Toplumsal Sorumluluk: Küresel Neoliberalizm Anarşisine Alternatifler” Atilim Journal of Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (2012): 107-122. Orig. title: Golob, Urša; Klement Podnar and Marko Lah. "Social economy and social responsibility: alternatives to global anarchy of neoliberalism?" International Journal of Social Economics 36, no. 5 (2009): 626-640. 

Discussion Paper

“From Value to Power: The Rise of Oil as a Political Economic Commodity,” Turkish Economic Association Discussion Paper No. 2012/52, 2012. Link

"Philosophy vs. Political Economy: The Case of a Porn Thesis in a Turkish University," Atilim University Discussion Paper No. 1202 March, 2012. Link

Periodicals

"Eclipsenomics: April’s solar eclipse will be the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history" San Antonio Express News, March 17, 2024. Link

“Çifte Hareket: AB’nin Düşüşü ve Türkiye için Artan Önemi” [Double Movement: The EU’s Demise and Increasing Value for Turkey], Cumhuriyet, January 18, 2013. Link

“Unexpected Externality: European Union and Candidacy.” World Economics Association Newsletter 2: 6, 2012. Link

“Neoliberalizmin Kapitalist Zihniyetle Uyumsuzluğu: 2007 Büyük Durgunluğu” [Incompatibility of Neoliberalism with Capitalist Rationality: 2007 Great Recession]. İktisat ve Toplum [Economics and Society] 23, 2012. Link

“Yedekte Oturan İktisatçı: John K. Galbraith” [The Economist in the Bench: John K. Galbraith], Cumhuriyet, November 16, 2012. Link

“Çağdaş bir Kalkınma Modeli: Küreselleşerek Yerelleşme” [A Modern Model of Development: Localization by Globalization], Cumhuriyet, September 28, 2012. Link

“İlkel Bir Toplumdan Medeniyet Dersleri: Amişler.” [Civility Lessons from a Primitive Society: The Amish] Cumhuriyet, June 28, 2012. Link

“İşbirlikçi İnsan (Homo Cooperatus).” [Cooperative Man (Homo Cooperatus)] Cumhuriyet, May 4, 2012. Link

Conference Presentations

. “Homo Contextus as a Model of Rationality: Empirical Insights from Amish Life,” presented at ICAPE/International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (San Antonio, TX), 4 January 2024.  

“Ethics vs. Morality: Political Economics of Education," presented at MakeLearn International Conference: Human Capital without Borders (Portorož, Slovenia), 25-27 June 2014.

“The Idea of a Cooperatives’ University,” presented at the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)/TURKKOOP Workshop on Cooperatives Education (Ankara, Turkey), 25 April 2014.

“Commercial Banks vs. Credit Unions on Macroeconomic Stability: A Proposal for an Institutional Risk Index in the Financial Sector,” presented at International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Global Research Conference (Nicosia, Cyprus), 12-15 June 2013.

“Political Economics of Informal Sector: Findings and Proposals out of Turkish Experience,” presented at the 9th Eurasia Business and Economics Society conference (Rome, Italy), 11-13 January 2013.

“Development Strategies in the 21st Century,” College of Logistics (Přerov, Czech Republic), 17-21 December 2012.

“International Cooperation in Higher Education” (Ventspils, Latvia), 17-21 September 2012.

Op-eds

“Is Supreme Court’s Dobbs Ruling an Unintended Win for Abortion?” Fair Observer, December 12, 2022. Link 

“America’s Forgotten Economics: Social Democracy.” Fair Observer, March 7, 2013. Link