2024-2025
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2025 | 15:30 | Banu Demir | Oxford University | Trade Wars 2.0: The Future of Global Trade and Its Effects on Turkey | C Blok Amphitheatre |
| April 16, 2025 | 16:30 | Murat Üçer | Global Source Partners/Turkey Data Monitor/Koç Üniversitesi | Macroeconomic Outlook in the World and Turkey | A-130 |
| November 19, 2024 | Kamil Yılmaz | Koç University | Inflation Dynamics in Turkey: A Political Economy Perspective | ||
| October 22, 2024 | Ümit Özlale | Action–Speech (In)Consistency in Economic Policy | |||
| October 16, 2024 | Arda Gitmez | Bilkent University | 2024 Economics Nobel |
2023-2024
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2024 | Kerim Rota | Can the Central Bank of Turkey Finally Escape the Curse of Sisyphus? | |||
| February 29, 2024 | Güven Sak | TEPAV | Turkey’s Post-Election Agenda: Moving Beyond Monetary Policy | ||
| December 6, 2023 | Fatih Özatay | TOBB ETÜ | Why Was It So Hard to Fight Inflation in the First Century? | ||
| November 29, 2023 | Refet Gürkaynak, Hakan Kara | Bilkent University | Inflation and Monetary Policy in the First 100 Years of the Republic | ||
| November 21, 2023 | Öner Günçavdı | Istanbul Technical University | Structural Transformation in the Turkish Economy, Income Distribution and Economic Populism | ||
| October 11, 2023 | Çağla Ökten | Bilkent University | 2023 Economics Nobel |
2022-2023
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 25, 2023 | İnsan Tunalı | Koç University | Labor Market Policies under the AKP Government and Their Consequences | ||
| March 1, 2023 | Erol Taymaz | Middle East Technical University | Economic Growth, Industrial Policy and the Earthquake | ||
| December 7, 2022 | Şamil Pişmaf, Tuğçe Sayer | Turkish Competition Authority | Foundations of Competition Law and Current Practices on Digital Platforms | ||
| December 1, 2022 | Şevket Pamuk | Politics and Economy in Turkey During the Multi-Party Era | |||
| October 11, 2022 | Refet S. Gürkaynak | Bilkent University | 2022 Economics Nobel |
2021-2022
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2022 | Asaf Savaş Akat | Istanbul Bilgi University | Turkey’s Never-Ending Inflation Story | ||
| April 12, 2022 | Gülçin Özkan | King's College London | Reimagining Economic Policy in the Shadow of the Pandemic and Climate Crisis | ||
| March 8, 2022 | Burak Saltoğlu | Boğaziçi University | A View on the Economy through the Lens of Behavioral Finance | ||
| March 1, 2022 | Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan | University of Maryland | Turkey’s Economic Problems: Policy Recommendations from the Perspective of International Economics | ||
| December 27, 2021 | Hakan Özyıldız | Foreign Currency Deposits, Protected Lira Instruments and the Free Exchange Regime | |||
| December 8, 2021 | Ceyhun Elgin | Turkey’s Pandemic Economy | |||
| December 1, 2021 | Ufuk Akçiğit | The Turkish Economy in Light of Micro Data | |||
| November 10, 2021 | Cevdet Akçay | Misconceptions in the Turkish Economy | |||
| October 20, 2021 | Güven Sak | TOBB ETÜ, TEPAV | Green Deal | ||
| October 15, 2021 | Ş. Pelin Akyol | Bilkent University, Economics | 2021 Nobel Prizes |
2020-2021
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2021 | Alvaro Ortiz | BBVA | Turkish Economy in Real Time and High Definition | ||
| May 11, 2021 | Şant Manukyan, Refet S. Gürkaynak | İş Investment, Bilkent Economics | Crypto Assets: Buyer’s Market or Bubble? | ||
| February 25, 2021 | Özer Karagedikli, A. Hakan Kara, Refet S. Gürkaynak | SEACEN, Bilkent Economics | Structural Change in U.S. Monetary Policy and Global Spillovers | ||
| October 21, 2020 | Nuh Aygün Dalkıran | Faculty Member, Department of Economics | 2020 Economics Nobel: Milgrom and Wilson’s Contributions to Auction Theory |
2019-2020
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2020 | Fatih Özatay, A. Hakan Kara, Refet S. Gürkaynak | TOBB ETÜ, Bilkent Economics | Turkey’s Economy in Light of Global Developments and Policy Proposals | ||
| December 25, 2019 | Daron Acemoğlu | MIT and Science Academy | The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Future of Freedom | ||
| December 23, 2019 | Şule Alan | Bilkent University, Department of Economics | 2019 Economics Nobel: Who, Why, What Did We Learn, and What Are We Doing in Turkey? | ||
| December 16, 2019 | Pelin Akyol | Bilkent University | The State and Development of Education in Turkey: A PISA-Based Assessment | ||
| September 16, 2019 | Yasin Uzun | Ministry of Trade | Applications of Behavioral Economics in Turkish Public Policy |
2018-2019
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2019 | Gizem Öztok Altınsaç | Özyeğin University / Chief Economist, Actus Portfolio | Swaps, CDS, Financial Instruments and Turkey’s Examples | ||
| March 27, 2019 | Şant Manukyan | Head of International Markets, İş Investment | What Happened on Friday, and What Comes Next? |
2017-2018
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2018 | Burçin Kısacıkoğlu, Burcu Ünüvar, Erinç Yeldan, Refet S. Gürkaynak | Bilkent Economics, TSKB | Interest Rates, Exchange Rates, and Inflation: What is Happening in Turkey? | ||
| April 11, 2018 | Cem Baş, Esengül Tanrıkulu | Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) | Experts Explain: Inflation Statistics in Turkey | ||
| March 28, 2018 | Enver Taştı, Meral Daşkıran, Murat Karataş | Labor Market Statistics in Turkey | |||
| February 21, 2018 | Burak Yitgin | King's College London | Turkish Electricity Market | ||
| January 31, 2018 | Tülay Korkmaz | Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), Head of National Accounts Department | National Income Accounting in Turkey | ||
| October 11, 2017 | Emin Karagözoğlu | Bilkent University | 2017 Economics Nobel: Behavioral Economics and Richard Thaler’s Contributions |
2015-2016
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 18, 2015 | Dr. Deniz Karaoğlan | Health and Education |
2014-2015
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2015 | Prof. Refet Gürkaynak, Assoc. Prof. Bilin Neyaptı, Prof. Erinç Yeldan | Bilkent University and Burcu Ünüvar (Yaşar University) | The State of the Economy | ||
| March 4, 2015 | Vefa Tarhan | Bilkent University | Economic Performance and Vulnerabilities: 2002–2015 | ||
| December 10, 2014 | A. Mete Çakmakçı | Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) | Value Creation and Innovation in Turkey | ||
| November 12, 2014 | Necdet Pamir | Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, CHP Energy Commission | Energy Sector in Turkey: Problems and Policy Proposals | ||
| October 15, 2014 | Volkan Çetinkaya | Ministry of Health and Bilkent University | Health System in Turkey |
2013-2014
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2014 | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aylin Sönmez | Economics of Sports | |||
| April 9, 2014 | Mustafa Sönmez | Politics and Economy in Turkey After the Local Elections | |||
| March 27, 2014 | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağlar Manavgat | Bilkent University | Law and Economics in Turkey: Recent Developments Affecting Financial Markets | ||
| November 27, 2013 | Prof. Dr. Semih Koray | Bilkent University | Evolution of the Game: A Perspective on Economic Theory | ||
| October 23, 2013 | Asst. Prof. Dr. Ceyhun Elgin | Boğaziçi University | Informal Economy in the World and in Turkey |
2012-2013
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2013 | Assoc. Prof. Ebru Voyvoda | Middle East Technical University | Environment and the Economy | ||
| April 3, 2013 | Yusuf Işık | Knowledge Economy and Turkey’s Development Perspective | |||
| February 27, 2013 | Dr. Aysıt Tansel | Middle East Technical University | Age Structure of the Population, Demographic Window of Opportunity and the Labor Market in Turkey | ||
| December 19, 2012 | Prof. Dr. Semih Koray | Bilkent University | The Role of Choice in Economic Design | ||
| November 28, 2012 | Prof. Dr. Fatih Özatay | TEPAV and TOBB University of Economics and Technology | Where is the Turkish Economy Headed? | ||
| October 31, 2012 | Assoc. Prof. Aylin Seçkin | Bilgi University | Art Markets in the World and in Turkey |
2011-2012
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2012 | Prof. Dr. Güven Sak | TOBB University of Economics and Technology | The Transformation and Future of the Turkish Economy | ||
| February 1, 2012 | Süreyya Serdengeçti | Where is Monetary Policy Headed? |