Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey, 2006.

Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), Encouragement Award in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2003.

Honorable Mention Award, Istanbul Stock Exchange Best Finance Paper Competition, Fifth METU International Conference in Economics, September 2001.

Mac Arthur Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, September 1991-May 1992.

Econometric Society North American Winter Meetings: 2008, 2006, 2002, 2000, 1991

34th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Valencia, Spain, September 6-9, 2007

Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference, Kos, Greece, June 18-23, 2007

Workshop on Country Case Studies, Commission on Growth and Development, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. April 12-14, 2007

Finansal Küreselleşme: Sırada Ne Var? (Financial Globalization: What is Next), TUSIAD-Koc University Economic Research Forum Conference, December 20, 2006, Istanbul

2nd Fall Workshop on Economics in Granada -- Heterogeneity of Firms, Productivity and Trade: Empirical and Theoretical Evidence, University of Granada, Spain, November 17-18, 2006

Conference on Current Issues in International Trade and Diplomacy, Ankara, November 3, 2006.

European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Annual Conference 2006, Madrid, June 28-July 1, 2006

NBER, International Seminar on Macroeconomics, Tallinn, Estonia, June 15-16, 2006

Annual Conference of the Southern European Association for Economic Theory (ASSET): 2004, 1995

Conference on Turkey: Towards EU Accession, Bilkent University, May 10-11, 2003

Economic Research Forum, Ninth Annual Conference, October 2002

Workshop on “ The Turkish Economy at the Crossroads: Critical Perspectives on the 2000-2001 Crises in Turkey,” Koc University, September 27, 2002

ERC/METU International Conference in Economics, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002

Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA) 1996, 1999, 2001

NBER Summer Institute, 2000

European Finance Association (EFA), 1999

Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) International Conference, 1999

National Symposium of Econometrics and Statistics, Antalya, Turkey, 1999

Conference on Learning to Live with Volatile Capital Movements and Contagion – An Emerging Market Perspective: Turkey, Bogazici University, 1999

Conference on “Economic Policy, Economic Performance and the Political Culture,” Tinbergen Institute, 1999

PACAP/FMA Finance Conference, 1998

Conference on Stabilization in an Emerging Market: The Case of Turkey, Bogazici University, 1998

Mediterranean Development Forum, Marrakesh, Morocco, 1997

Econometric Society European Meetings 1996

International Symposium on Forecasting, Istanbul, 1996

University of Warwick Summer Research Workshop in Economics, 1995

International Symposium on Privatization, Koç University, 1994

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Research Department (November 2007)

Marmara University (May 007)

Boğaziçi University (December 2006, December 2004, December 1998, April 1995)

Istanbul Technical University, Department of Business Administration (December 2006, March 2003)

University of Bern (December 2005)

Yildiz Technical University (November 2005)

Bilkent University (December 2004; May 2001)

Koç University (October 2004, February­ 1999, April 1998)

World Bank Research Department, International Trade Group (July 2004)

IMF Research Department (May 2004)

University of Pennsylvania (April 2004, September 2003)

Pennsylvania State University (March 2004)

University of Maryland (October 2003)

Middle East Technical University (December 2001)

Sabancı University (December 2001)

Bilkent University, Department of Business Administration (November 2000)

“Turkey: Trade Issues,” by S. Togan and E. Taymaz, Turkey: The Way Ahead,  Economic Research Forum for Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey, August 13, 2005, Ankara

“Tracking the Source of the Decline in GDP Volatility: An Analysis of the Automobile Industry” by Valery Ramey and Daniel Vine,  First ECB/IMOP Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, 23-24 May 2003, Hydra, Greece

“Endogenous pricing to market and financing costs,”  by Joshua Aizenman, Econometric Society North American Winter Meetings, Boston, MA. January 2002.

Servet Kanalının Yeniden Analizi: Beklenen Para Politikasının Tüketim ve Krediler Üzerindeki Etkisi (The Wealth Channel Revisited: The Role of Anticipated Monetary Policy on Consumption and Lending), sponsored by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), June 2007-Jan 2009 (with Selva Demiralp).

Türkiye İmalat Sanayinde Yapısal Dönüşüm, Üretkenlik ve Teknolojik Değişme Dinamikleri (The Dynamics of Productivity, Technological Change and Structural Transformation in the Turkish Manufacturing Industry), funded by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), June 2006-Jan 2008 (with Erol Taymaz and Ebru Voyvoda).

How Does Trade Liberalization Affect Entry and Exit Costs on Export Markets: A Comparison of the Spanish and Turkish Experience Using Firm-Level Data” funded Forum Euro-Mediterranéen des Instituts Economiques (FEMISE), (with Erol Taymaz and Teoman Pamukçu and Juliette Milgram Baleix)

Türkiye için Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım Stratejisi'ne Doğru (Foreign Direct Investment Strategy for Turkey), sponsored by YASED (International Investors’ Association of Turkey), September 2005-June 2006.

Türkiye Ekonomisi için Sürdürülebilir Büyüme Stratejisi, (A Sustainable Growth Strategy for Turkish Economy) sponsored by TÜSİAD, August 2004-June 2005 (with Ümit İzmen and Alpay Filiztekin)

Türkiye için Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım Stratejisi, (Foreign Direct Investment Strategy for Turkey), sponsored by YASED (Association of Foreign Investors), September 2005-April 2006.

Dezenflasyon ve Sürdürülebilir Büyüme: 21. Yüzyılın Eşiğinde Türkiye Ekonomisi (Disinflation and the Sustainable Growth: Turkish Economy at the turn of the 21^st Century)  sponsored by TUSIAD, Association of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen, 2002.

Turkish Economy: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, sponsored by the Fiat Fund, 1998-2001.

Dünya'da Para Kurulu Deneyimi ve Türkiye icin Seçenekler, joint project with Bülent Gültekin (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), sponsored by Turkish Economic and Social Research Foundation, TESEV, Istanbul,1996.

European Journal of Political Economy, 2003-2005.

Review of Finance, Review of Economics and Statistics, IMF Staff Papers, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Economic Journal, Journal of International Trade and Development, Review of Financial Studies, Oxford Economic Papers, Quantitative Finance, Journal of Applied Econometrics, International Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, European Economic Review, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, METU Studies in Development, Journal of Financial Services Research, Empirical Economics, Russian and East European Trade, Bogazici Journal, Bulletin of Research, Central Bank Review.

Annual Congress of the European Economic Association and Econometric Society European Meetings, 1996.