Oguz Demir

Economist

Oguz Demir, who received his undergraduate education at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, completed the International Trade master’s program at Istanbul Commerce University in July 2007. He continued his PhD preparation program in Economics and Finance at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, and completed his PhD in Economics at Istanbul University.

Oguz Demir

Economist

Oguz Demir, who received his undergraduate education at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, completed the International Trade master’s program at Istanbul Commerce University in July 2007. He continued his PhD preparation program in Economics and Finance at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, and completed his PhD in Economics at Istanbul University.

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Between 2002 and 2004, he served as the Vice Chairman of the Economists Platform Board of Directors. During this period, he was responsible for regional development studies, Anatolian organization, European Union and international projects.

Between 2003 and 2004, he served as the Deputy Secretary General of the Turkish Democracy Foundation. Continuing his work on project development for the European Union financial aid programs in this position, Oguz Demir also served as a member of the editorial board of Turkishtime, the magazine of the Turkish Exporters Assembly for a short time. He is currently a Member of the Executive Board and a Member of the Board of Trustees at the Turkish Democracy Foundation. Oguz Demir, who served as the Project Development Officer of the Young Businessmen Association of Turkey (TÜGİAD) in 2004, continued his career in the academy as the Secretary General of the European Union Application and Research Center at Istanbul Commerce University in January 2005.

Since 2005, he has pioneered the establishment of non-governmental organizations such as the Economic Development and Social Progress Association (İKTİSAD – Chairman of the Board), Society and Economic Policy Institute (TEPE – Member of the Board of Directors), Local Administrations Research and Development Association (MİARGED – Member of the Board of Directors). Oguz Demir has also been the Chairman of the Board of the Economists Platform since January 2006. Demir is also among the founders of the Digital Development Association, which was established in 2017.

Demir, who has written articles on Turkish economy, especially in Akşam Newspaper, TÜGİAD Panorama, İTKİB Hedef magazine, regularly wrote columns on EU financial aids in the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Newspaper and ITOVİZYON magazines between 2006-2010. On the other hand, Oguz Demir also prepared and presented the program titled “SME Support Guide”, which was broadcast on Bloomberg HT between 2010 and 2013. He wrote columns for ‘Gazete Pencere’ between 2019 and 2021.

Oguz Demir contributes as a manager and consultant to many projects carried out by local governments, local government unions, chambers, stock exchanges, businessmen’s organizations, non-governmental organizations and SMEs. Oguz Demir continues his theoretical and practical studies on Regional Development, International Economics and Governance. Oguz Demir was deemed worthy of the 10 Most Successful Young People of Turkey – Senate Special Award by JCI in 2012.

Since 2014, he worked as a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin Institute for Innovation, Creativity and Capital and as  a faculty member of the Department of Economics in English at Istanbul Commerce University between  2013 and 2023 ; he was also  the head of the Digital Economy and Marketing Department of the same university. Between September 2018 and April 2019, he worked as a visiting professor at the Higher School of Economics Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge in Moscow. He became an associate professor in June 2020.

He regularly writes columns in the newspaper “Karar”. He prepares and presents programs called “To Understand” and “What’s Benefit For You?” on KRT Television. He  prepared and presented  a youtube program called “Lets Ask” for Gazete Duvar. Currently he presents  the program called ‘Last Word’ at Sözcü TV.

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  • Turkiye and World Economies
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  • Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Threats
  • Green New Deal & Circular Economy
  • Looking a century ahead; What says Economy politics of Ataturk to us today

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