(with Mustafa Batman): “The State Waqfs of Ottoman Istanbul, 1453–1923” (Social Science Research Network working paper, August 2026).
Category Archives: Islam & 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.
Interview: “Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” Cato Institute, with Mustafa Akyol and John Voll, 12 March 2024.
Interview: “Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” Cato Institute, with Mustafa Akyol and John Voll, 12 March 2024.
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: “The Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecchi and Sascha Becker, 15 December 2021.
Podcast: “The Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecchi and Sascha Becker, 15 December 2021.
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.
Article: “Islam and Economic Performance: Historical and Contemporary Links”
Article in English: “Islam and Economic Performance: Historical and Contemporary Links.” Journal of Economic Literature, 56 (December 2018): 1292-1359.
Turkish translation (by Cemal Balcı): İslam ve Ekonomik Azgelişmişlik: Tarihsel ve Çağdaş Bağlantılar (Istanbul: Efil Yayınevi, 2019), 111 pp. Arka kapak İçindekiler
Article: “The Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates Under Partial Rule of Law”
(with Jared Rubin), “The Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates Under Partial Rule of Law.” Economic Journal, 128 (March 2018): 758-96. Technical appendices. Data set. Typescript at SSRN.
Article: “Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf”
“Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf.” American Journal of Comparative Law, 64 (Summer 2016): 419-54.
