Erdem Başçı

Erdem Başçı
Başçı at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia in 2012
Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey
In office 19 April 2011 – 19 April 2016
Preceded by	Durmuş Yılmaz
Succeeded by	Murat Çetinkaya
Personal details
Born	1966 (age 57–58) Ankara, Turkey
Education	Degree in electrical engineering from Middle East Technical University (1987), master's degrees in Business Administration, Bilkent University (1989), Economics Johns Hopkins University (1990), PhD in Economics, Bilkent University (1995)
Alma mater	Middle East Technical University, Bilkent University, Johns Hopkins University
Occupation	Academician, civil servant
Profession	Economist

Erdem Başçı (born 1966) is a Turkish economist and the former Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in 2010s.

Early life

He was born in 1966 in Ankara. After finishing the high school at TED Ankara College in 1983, Erdem Başçı was educated in electrical engineering at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), and graduated 1987 with a bachelor's degree. He received master's degrees in 1989 in business administration, and in 1990 in economics from Bilkent University, and in 1993 in economics from the Johns Hopkins University. In 1995, Erdem Başçı earned a PhD degree in economics from Bilkent University.^[1]

He served between 1995 and 2003 as a member of the teaching staff at the Bilkent University, from 1999 on as an associate professor of economics.^[1]

Career

Başçı was appointed deputy governor of the Central Bank of Turkey on 9 October 2003. He was reconfirmed at this post on 10 October 2008. Erdem Başçı was appointed governor on 14 April 2011, succeeding Durmuş Yılmaz.^[1]

After ending his official five-year term, Başçı was succeeded on 19 April 2016 by his deputy Murat Çetinkaya.^[2]

References

1. "Doç.Dr. Erdem Başçı, Başkan" (in Turkish). TCMB. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
2. Karanfil, Neşe (2016-04-12). "Erdem Başçı'nın yerine Merkez Bankası'nın başına Murat Çetinkaya geliyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-04-12.

Government offices
Preceded by Durmuş Yılmaz	Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey 19 April 2011 – 19 April 2016	Succeeded by Murat Çetinkaya