(with Mustafa Batman): “The State Waqfs of Ottoman Istanbul, 1453–1923” (Social Science Research Network working paper, August 2026).
Category Archives: Economic development
Article: “Uneven Modernization in the Muslim World”
(with Fasih Zulfiqar) “Uneven Modernization in the Muslim World.” Annual Review of Economics, 18 (2026): 505–533.
Article: “Keeping while Giving: The Perpetuation of Inequalities through Private Islamic Waqfs”
(with Serkant Adıgüzel) “Keeping while Giving: The Perpetuation of Inequalities through Private Islamic Waqfs,” Journal of Economic History, 86 (December 2026): in press.
Interview: “Declining Islam in the Middle East?” Atlas Society, with Jennifer Grossman, 22 January 2025.
Interview: “Declining Islam in the Middle East?” Atlas Society, with Jennifer Grossman, 22 January 2025.
Podcast: “The Incredible Insights of Timur Kuran,” The Seen and the Unseen, with Amit Varma, 2 October 2023.
Podcast: “The Incredible Insights of Timur Kuran,” The Seen and the Unseen, with Amit Varma, 2 October 2023.
Podcast: “Political History of the Middle East,” Economic and Political History Podcast, with Javier Mejia, 9 September 2023.
Podcast: “Political History of the Middle East,” Economic and Political History Podcast, with Javier Mejia, 9 September 2023.
Podcast: “A Chat with Timur Kuran on Freedoms Delayed and Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecci and Sascha O. Becker, 6 August 2023.
Podcast: “A Chat with Timur Kuran on Freedoms Delayed and Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecci and Sascha O. Becker, 6 August 2023.
Podcast: “Timur Kuran Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio,” Trend Following Radio, with Michael Covel, 27 February 2023.
Podcast: “Timur Kuran Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio,” Trend Following Radio, with Michael Covel, 27 February 2023.
Interview: İyi tasarlanmış bir koleksiyon, tarih kitaplarında bulamayacağınız bilgiler sunar.” (with Nadirkitap)
Working Paper: “Economic Harbingers of Political Modernization: Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul, 1600-1839”
(with Aslı Cansunar) “Economic Harbingers of Political Modernization: Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul, 1600-1839” (Economic Research Initiatives at Duke Working Paper, SSRN, December 22, 2020).
Article: “Zakat: Islam’s Missed Opportunity to Limit Predatory Taxation”
“Zakat: Islam’s Missed Opportunity to Limit Predatory Taxation.” Public Choice, 182, (2020): 395-416.
Op-ed: “The Roots of Middle East Mistrust”
“The Roots of Middle East Mistrust.” Project Syndicate, July 8, 2016.
- Arabic translation: جذور انعدام الثقة في الشرق الأوسط
- Chinese translation: 中东缺乏信任的根源
- Czech translation: Kořeny blízkovýchodní nedůvěry
- Dutch translation: De wortels van het wantrouwen in het Midden-Oosten
- French translation: Les racines du manque de confiance au Moyen-Orient
- German translation: Die Wurzeln des Misstrauens im Mittleren Osten
- Indonesian translation: Asal Mula Ketidakpercayaan di Timur Tengah
- Italian translation: Dove affondano le radici della diffidenza del Medio Oriente
- Russian translation: Корни недоверия Ближнего Востока
- Spanish translation: Las raíces de la desconfianza en Oriente Medio
Op-ed: “Religious Freedom Promotes Economic Development”
“Religious Freedom Promotes Economic Development.” Cornerstone, April 28, 2014 .
Article: “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”
(with Anantdeep Singh) “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 61 (2013): 503-38.
Co-edited book: Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development
Masahiko Aoki, Timur Kuran, and Gérard Roland, eds., in cooperation with Bina Aggarwal and Jan Svejnar, Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development: Vol. 1 of the Proceedings of the Sixteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association (London: Palgrave, 2012).
