Curriculum Vitae Professional Experience since 28/03/2014 Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Abdullah Gül University, Kayseri Fields of Research: Islamic Finance, Economy of Turkey Teaching: Humanities I + II, Microeconomics, Economics for Engineers Other Services: Member of the Internationalization Committee 12/2001 05/2013 Assistant at the Institute of Economics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg Fields of Research: Economy of Turkey and the Middle East, Islamic Finance, Culture and Economy Institutional Economics, Political Economy Teaching: Introduction to Economics, Microeconomics, Public Finance in Developing Countries, Economy of Turkey and the Middle East, Culture and Economy, Islamic Finance and Economics Other Achievements: Development of the major subject Economics in the BA programme Oriental Studies and Social Sciences ; Responsible for ERASMUS exchange programmes
Academic Studies 12/2006 Dr. phil. in Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg Topic of the thesis: Comparison of Institutional Economics and Cultural Economics with respect to their Explanation of the Economic Development in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire 10/1990-11/1996 Master of Arts at the Ruhr-University Bochum Topic of the thesis: The Concept of Zakāt and New Categories of Zakāt Liable Assets in the Fiqh al-zakāt of Yūsuf al-qaraḍāwī Subjects: Oriental Philology, Islamic Studies, Economics 10/1990-08/1996 Diploma in Economics and Business Administration at the Ruhr-University Bochum Topic of the thesis: The Fiscal Theory of the Islamic State - Explanation of the Relationship between the Duties of the State, Zakāt (Islamic Alms Tax), and other State Revenues Subjects: Economic Theory, Political Economics, General Business Administration, Finance and Credit, Statistics and Econometrics
Lectures Economics for Engineers, spring semester 2016 Microeconomics, fall semester 2015/16 Contribution to the course Humanities I, fall semester 2014/15, 2015/16, spring semester 2015, 2016 Contribution to the course Humanities II, spring semester 2015, 2016, summer school 2015 Public Finance in Developing Countries, summer semester 2013 Culture and Economy, winter semester 2012/13 Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre, (Introduction to Economics), summer semester 2011, 2012, winter semester 2011/12, 2012/13 Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre für Juristen, (Introduction to Economics for Jurists), (together with Prof. Dr. Bahadir), summer semester 2006 Landeskunde des Nahen Ostens, (Regional Studies of the Near East), (together with Prof. Dr. Kopp, Dr. Talay, etc.), winter semester 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, summer semester 2011 Ökonomie des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, (Economy of the Near and Middle East), winter semester 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12 Die Wirtschaftskultur des Nahen Ostens und Islamische Wirtschaftsethik, (The Economic Culture of the Near East and Islamic Economic Ethics), winter semester 2005/06, 2006/07, summer semester 2009, 2010, 2011 Die Anwendung mikro- und makroökonomischer Methoden auf die Wirtschaftsprobleme des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, (The Application of Micro- and Macroeconomic Methods on Economic Problems of the Near and Middle East), summer semester 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 Tutorial for the Lecture Mikroökonomie I, (Microeconomics I), winter semester 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 Islamische Wirtschaft, (Islamic Economy), winter semester 2008/09 Theorie des Rentierstaates im Nahen und Mittleren Osten, (The Theory of the Rentier State in the Near and Middle East), summer semester 2003, winter semester 2004/05 Die Wirtschaftskultur im Nahen Osten, (The Economic Culture of the Near East), winter semester 2003/04
Selected Publications Wirtschaft und Islam, (Economy and Islam), in: Brunner, Rainer (ed.): Islam: Einheit und Vielfalt einer Weltreligion (Islam: Unity and Diversity of a World Religion), Stuttgart 2016, pp. 452 462 Ökonomische Aspekte der islamischen Pilgerfahrt, (The Economic Aspects of the Islamic Pilgrimage), in: Herbers, Klaus; Lehner, Hans Christian (ed.): Unterwegs im Namen der Religion/On the Road in the Name of Religion: Pilgern als Form von Kontingenzbewältigung und Zukunftssicherung in den Weltreligionen/Pilgrimage as a Means of Coping with Contingency and Fixing the Future in the World's Major Religions, Stuttgart 2014, pp. 85 93 Review of Wippel, Steffen (2012): Wirtschaft, Politik und Raum: Territoriale und regionale Prozesse in der westlichen Sahara, (Wippel, Steffen (2012): Economy, Politics and Region: Territorial and Regional Processes in the Western Sahara), in Inamo, No. 72, December 2012, p.82 Die politische und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der Türkei, (The Political and Economic Development of Turkey), in: Geographie und Schule, No. 197, 2012, pp. 4 9 Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung von der Gründung der Republik bis heute, (The Economic Development from the Foundation of the Republic until now), in: Steinbach, Udo (ed.): Länderbericht Türkei, Schriftenreihe der Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Bonn, 2012, pp. 328-368 Die Schwarzmeerregion im Fokus einer neuen EU-Ostpolitik, (The Black Sea Region in the Focus of a New EU Policy for Eastern Europe), in: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (ed.): Die Schwarzmeersynergie zwischen geopolitischen Sensibilitäten und energiewirtschaftlichen Kooperationsmöglichkeiten, 2. Deutsch-Türkischer Sicherheitsdialog, Ankara, June 2009, pp. 9-19 Wirtschaftskultur und Institutionen im Osmanischen Reich und der Türkei: Ein Vergleich institutionenökonomischer und kulturwissenschaftlicher Ansätze zur Erklärung der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, (Economic Culture and Institutions in the Ottoman Empire and in Turkey: A Comparison of Institutional Economics and Cultural Economics in order to explain Economic Development), Schiler Verlag, Berlin, 2008, Doctoral Thesis at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg Review of Heck, Gene W. (2006): Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab Roots of Capitalism, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung,102., 2007, p. 744 Review of Zorob, Anja (2006): Syrien im Spannungsfeld zwischen der Euro-Mediterranen Partnerschaft und der Großen Arabischen Freihandelszone, (Zorob, Anja (2006): Syria in the Field of Tension between the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Greater Arab Free Trade Area), in DAVO Nachrichten, Vol. 25, August 2007, pp. 79-81
Presentations The Development of Islamic Finance in the Gulf region since 2008, 22 nd DAVO-Congress, Bochum, 24.-26.09.2015 Attitudes of Customers towards Islamic Banks and the Problem of Shari'a Arbitrage, 21 st DAVO-Congress, Cologne, 25.-27.09.2014 Economic Policy, Interest Groups, and their Enemies, International Conference Turkey in the 1960s: Social Change and Political Radicalization, University of Hamburg, 28.06.2014 The Consequences of the Global Financial Crisis for Islamic Finance, 19 th DAVO- Congress, Erlangen, 04.10.2012 Religion und ethisches Wirtschaften: Der Islam, (Religion and Ethical Economy: Islam), Center for Global Learning, Academy Caritas-Pirckheimer-House, 29.11.2011 Ökonomische Aspekte der Islamischen Pilgerfahrt, (Economical Aspects of the Islamic Pilgrimage), International Conference On the Road in the Name of Religion. Pilgrimage as a Means of Coping with Contingency and Fixing the Future in the World's Major Religions, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 10.11.2011 Die Rentierstaatstheorie im Lichte der arabischen Revolutionen, (The Theory of the Rentier State in the Light of the Arab Revolutions), 18 th DAVO-Congress, Berlin, 07.10.2011 Menschenmengen Muslimbrüder Mubarak: Wohin geht es mit Ägypten, (Crowds Muslim Brotherhood Mubarak: Whither goes Egypt?), Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Essen, 24.02.2011 (together with Dr. Thaer al-rasheed) The Predicament of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Iraq and Measures to Solve their Problems, World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Barcelona, 19.07.2010 Testing the Borderline: Innovative Islamic Financial Products Within and Beyond the Šarī a, Middle East Economic Association Conference, Istanbul, 25.06.2010 (together with Prof. Dr. Thaer al-rasheed) The Predicament of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Iraq and Measures to Solve their Problems, Middle East Economic Association Conference, Istanbul, 25.06.2010 Europäisch-Türkische Energiepolitik: Zielharmonie, Zielkonflikte oder politische Blockade?, (European-Turkish Energy Policy: Harmony of Goals, Conflict of Goals or Political Blockade?), International Workshop: The Role of Turkey in the European Energy Security, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in cooperation with USAK, Ankara, 23.06.2010 Medien und soziale Marktwirtschaft: Kann die deutsche Erfahrung im Nahen Osten nützlich sein?, (The Media and Social Market Economy: Can the German Experience be Useful for the Near East?), German-Arab Media Dialogue, Damascus, 19.10.2009
Testen der Grenze: Innovative islamische Finanzprodukte diesseits und jenseits der Šarī a, (Testing the Borderline: Innovative Islamic Financial Products Within and Beyond the Šarī a), 16 th DAVO-Congress, Bonn, 08.10.2009 Islamisches Finanzwesen: Grundlagen, Chancen und Probleme, (Islamic Finance: Principles, Chances and Problems),Thomas Morus Academy, Bensberg, 08.09.2009 Historical Break or Path-Dependence or: The Influence of the Ottoman Legacy on the Turkish Economy, SOAS, University of London, 02.02.2009 Die Schwarzmeerregion im Fokus einer neuen EU-Ostpolitik, (The Black Sea Region in the Focus of the New EU Policy for Eastern Europe), Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Ankara 13.11.2008 Zu den Entwicklungen des islamischen Finanzwesens der letzten Jahre, (The Developments of Islamic Finance in Recent Years), 15 th DAVO-Congress, Erfurt, 03.10.2008 (together with Dr. Ömer Şanlıoğlu) Die Auswirkungen des EU-Integrationsprozesses der Türkei auf die Wirtschaftsregion Kayseri seit Einführung der Zollunion 1996, (The Influences of the EU Integration Process of Turkey on the Economic Region of Kayseri since the Establishment of the Costums Union 1996), 13 th DAVO-Congress, Hamburg, 30.11. - 02.12.2006 Die Wirtschaftskultur der Türkei ein Hemmnis bei der Integration in die Europäische Union?, (The Economic Culture in Turkey an Impediment for its Integration into the EU?), 29 th German Oriental Studies Conference 11 th DAVO-Congress, Halle, 20.09.2004 The Ambiguities of the Economic Ideologies in the Near East, First World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Mainz, 11.09.2002 The Relevance of Economic Culture for Middle East Studies, Third Conference of the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES), Gent, Belgien, 25. - 27.09.1999 Der Wirtschaftsstil als Theorie mittlerer Reichweite: Erläuterung des Konzepts am Beispiel des Nahen Ostens, (Economic Style as a Medium-Range Theory: Explanation of the Concept with Reference to the Example of the Near East), Klausurtagung des Interdisziplinären Arbeitskreises für Entwicklungsländer-Forschung (IAfEF), Bochum, 18. - 20.06.1999 Der Wandel der Unternehmenskultur und des Managementstils in der Türkei und den arabischen Ländern des Nahen Ostens im Transformationsprozeß, (The Change of Business Culture and Management Style in Turkey and in the Arab Countries of the Near East during the Transformation Process), 5 th DAVO-Congress, Kloster Banz, 20.11.1998 Die Wirtschaftskultur des Nahen Ostens. Ein brauchbares Konzept zur Erklärung wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung oder ein Klischee?, (The Economic Culture of the Near East: A Useful Concept for the Explanation of Economic Development or a Cliché), 27 th German Oriental Studies Conference, Bonn, 28.09-02.10.1998