Özgür Demirtaş

Kemal Özgür Demirtaş (born August 12, 1975, Ankara) is a Turkish Finance Professor, Engineer, and Economist.

Prof. Dr.

Özgür Demirtaş
Born
Kemal Özgür Demirtaş

(1975-08-12) August 12, 1975
Ankara, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Academic background
Alma materBoğaziçi University
Boston College

Personal life

He was born in Ankara. His father is from the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa and belongs to the Hadidi tribe,[1] while his mother has roots in Thessaloniki and is from Dinar, Afyon.[2] After completing his primary education in Salihli, Manisa, he finished his high school education at İzmir Atatürk High School. He then graduated from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Boğaziçi University in 1998.

Graduate studies

Academic Career

He received his Ph.D. degree in finance from Boston College in 2003.[3] He joined Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), as a tenure track Assistant Professor in 2003. He was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor at Baruch (CUNY) in 2007. He joined Sabancı University as the Head of the Finance Department in September 2012.

Publications

His works have been published in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, The Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. He has published over 35 academic papers and his book on private equity funds was published by Academic Press.

Professional Activity

He won the Marie Curie European Research Fund.[4] He held positions such as Founding President of the Center of Excellence in Finance established at the same university, Board Membership at Akbank, and Founding Board Membership at FODER, Turkey's first financial literacy association.[5]

Personal life

He is married to Neslihan Küçükoğlu Demirtaş and they have one child.[6] He runs a YouTube channel named after himself where he talks about Turkish economy, as well as his hobbies such as space research.[7]

References
  1. "Babam Urfa Siverekli :-)". Twitter (in Turkish). Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. "Hadidi". Twitter (in Turkish). Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. "Professor Ozgur Demirtas". Speaker Agency UK. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. "Özgür Demirtaş". Pazarlamasyon (in Turkish). Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  5. "CEF – Center of Excellence in Finance". cef.sabanciuniv.edu (in Turkish). Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  6. "Özgür Demirtaş Kimdir, Kaç Yaşında ve Nereli? Prof. Dr. Özgür Demirtaş'ın Hayatı". Onedio (in Turkish). Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  7. Gündem, Gerçek (May 4, 2023). "Özgür Demirtaş'ın canlı yayını izlenme rekoru kırdı: 'Benden günah gitti'". Gercek Gundem (in Turkish). Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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