(with Mustafa Batman): “The State Waqfs of Ottoman Istanbul, 1453–1923” (Social Science Research Network working paper, August 2026).
Category Archives: Islam & political 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.
Book: Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), xviii+430 pp.
Book: Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), xviii+430 pp.
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.
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).
Podcast: “A Conspiracy of Silence,” Hidden Brain with Shankar Vedankar
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
Op-ed: “The Economic Costs of Erdoğan”
(with Dani Rodik) “The Economic Costs of Erdoğan” Project Syndicate, August 24, 2018
- Arabic translation: التكلفة الاقتصادية لأردوغان
- Chinese translation: 埃尔多安的经济代价
- French translation: “Les coûts économiques d’Erdoǧan”
- German translation: “Die wirtschaftlichen Kosten Erdoğans”
- Russian Translation: “Цена Эрдогана для экономики”
- Spanish translation: “Los costos económicos de Erdoğan”
- Turkish translation: “Erdoğan’ın Ekonomik Maliyeti
