He is a graduate of economics at Dokuz Eylul University and he obtained PhD in econometrics (major in time series analysis) at Marmara University, Turkey. His research is published in various international journals including Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Applications, Economic Modelling, and Journal of Risk Finance. His research interests include macroeconomics, applied macroeconometrics, and time series analysis. He refereed numerous articles for journals including Journal of Banking and Finance, EJOR, and Economic Modelling. Place – Date – Time