Prof. Emre Alkin is the president of Topkapı University in Istanbul, where he gives economy classes. He wrote books about risk management and financial institutions, and he was on the board of management and worked as a consultant for several investment companies. Prof. Alkin served as Secretary General of the Turkish Exporters Assembly, a member of the National Tax Council, Secretary General of the Federation of Captive Finance Companies, Secretary General of the Turkish Football Federation, a member of the UEFA Marketing Committee, and a non-executive board member of Galatasaray Inc. Emre Alkin worked as an economy commentator for TV channels such as TV8, FOX, CNNTURK, and CNBC-E and wrote columns for newspapers. He has 4 best-selling novels and 14 in total about socio-economics in Turkish and English and writes about new dimensions in business life in various magazines.
Prof. Alkin is ranked top 20 most influential economist in the world.
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