I received my B.A. degree in Business Administration (English) at Istanbul University in 2004 and then completed my MSc. degree in Economics at Istanbul Technical University in 2006. I worked as a research assistant at ITU from 2005 to 2008. I earned my Ph.D. degree in Economics at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 2012 under the supervision of Sajal Lahiri. Upon graduation, I worked as a visiting assistant professor of Economics at Kalamazoo College, MI in 2012-2013. I joined Yasar University, Department of Economics in 2013. My research interests include international economics, development economics and economics of innovation.