I am an associate professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Currently, I serve as department chair. I specialize in International Political Economy with a specific focus on geoeconomics, economic statecraft and multilateral development finance. In terms of regional expertise, I have published on Türkiye, Russia and the post-Soviet space. My research has been published in journals such as Review of International Political Economy, Foreign Policy Analysis, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Global Policy, Third World Quarterly, Europe-Asia Studies and other outlets.
Previously, I served as a co-editor of Review of International Political Economy (2023-26). I was chair of the IPE Section of the International Studies Association in 2025-26, and the section’s program chair in 2024-2025. I have been awarded the Outstanding Young Scientist Award of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA-GEBİP) in 2023, the Young Scientist Award of The Science Academy (BAGEP) in 2023, the Incentive Award of The Turkish International Relations Council in 2022, and the Distinguished Teaching Award of Bilkent University in 2021. I have held visiting positions at Sciences Po, Leiden University, King’s College London, Columbia University, New York University, Wilson Center and Moscow State Institute of International Relations. I am events coordinator at the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research in Ankara. I received my Ph.D. degree (2016) in Political Science from McGill University, and MA (2010) and BA (2008) degrees in International Relations from Bilkent University.