Özgür Demirtaş, The Successful Economist

Özgür Demirtaş was born on August 12, 1976 in Ankara. He received his primary education in Salihli, Manisa. He lived in İzmir during his secondary and high school education. Demirtaş was a very bright student throughout his education life. His success continued after high school. He proved his academic success by being in the top 50 in the university exam in Turkey.

Demirtaş continued his education in electrical and electronic engineering at Boğaziçi University. After completing his undergraduate education, he skipped his master's degree and received acceptance from Boston College for his doctorate. He graduated from Boston College, which he entered in 1998, with the title of doctor in 2003. In the same years, he continued his academic career as an assistant professor at New York City College Baruch College. At the age of 31, he had the title of Tenure.

He taught at the Stern School of Business at New York University. His academic work attracted attention from many circles. Some of these have been published in the world's best-known academic journals. Among these journals were journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and Journal of Financial Economics.

By 2012, Demirtaş decided to relinquish his tenure title. After this decision, he started his duty as the Chair of Finance at Sabancı University.

Özgür Demirtaş & Successful Works

Özgür Demirtaş has achieved many successes in his career as well as in his education life. Demirtaş's work has been published in many academic journals and has made his name known in the world of finance and economics.

The number of his publications exceeded 25. His book work named Elsevier was published. For 6 years since 2004, Özgür Demirtaş's works were deemed worthy of awards by the City University of New York.

At the age of 31, he earned the titles of Associate Professor and Tenure. With the title of tenure, he earned the right to work as an academician at the City University of New York until the end of his life.

In 2010, he became the Chair of Finance at Sabancı University's Faculty of Business Administration and also began to be known as a Professor.

In the same year, in an evaluation held in the USA, England, Canada and Scotland and in which more than 10 million students were on the jury, he was among the top 20 among 1 million professors.

Demirtaş Uses Social Media Actively

Özgür Demirtaş, who is married to Neslihan Küçükoğlu Demirtaş, has a child. He is currently a member of Akbank's board of directors, in addition to his duties at Sabancı University. Demirtaş, who is also a member of the FODER board of directors, is a member of the board of directors in the formation called A New Leader. In addition, it provides consultancy services to many holdings.

Today, Demirtaş actively uses the Youtube platform to inform his followers in areas such as economy and finance. He continues to share on Twitter with the username " ProfDemirtas ".

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