• Macroeconomics, 
• Labor Markets, 
• Female Employment, 
• Unemployment, 
• Search Models

PhD
Ph.D. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA - May 2009
Graduate
MA Economics, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey - May 2004
Undergraduate
BSc Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey - June 2002

• “Unemployment Flows, Participation, and the Natural Rate of Unemployment: Evidence from Turkey” (with M. Tasci), Journal of Macroeconomics (2020), 64, 103202.
• “Effect of labor market policies on unemployment when firms adapt their recruitment", Economic Modelling (2017), 60.
• “Learning about match quality: Information flows and labor market outcomes", Labour Economics (2017), 46. 
• “Nowcasting Unemployment Rate in Turkey: Let's Ask Google" (with M.G. Chadwick), Central Bank Review (2015), 15(3).
• “A Quest for the Leading indicators of the Turkish Unemployment Rate" (with H. B. Gurcihan and A.A. Yavuz), Central Bank Review (2014), 14 (1).
• “Ins and Outs of Unemployment in Turkey", Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (2014), 50(3).
• “Türkiye’de Emek Piyasasının Çevrimsel Hareketinin Cinsiyet Bazında Analizi" (with Y.S. Baskaya), TISK Akademi (2012), 9(16).
• “Increasing Share of Agriculture in Employment in the Time of Crisis: Puzzle or Not?" (with M. Ungor), Review of Middle East Economics and Finance (2012), 7(3).