He received his B.A. in Economics from Koç University in 2009, M.A. in International Political Economy from Claremont Graduate University in 2012, and Ph.D. in Political Science and Economics from Claremont Graduate University in 2014. His research interests include political economy of growth and development, peace & conflict studies, political demography, international political economy, economic and demographic consequences of war, measurement and analysis of political performance of nations, econometrics, game theory, and computational analysis.