Erdem Başçı is a Turkish

Turkish people

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 economist

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 and the current Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

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 since April 2011.

Early life

He was born in 1966 in Ankara

Ankara

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. After finishing the high school at the TED Ankara College in 1983, Erdem Başçı was educated in electrical engineering at the Middle East Technical University

Middle East Technical University

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 (ODTÜ), and graduated 1987 with a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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. He received master's degree

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s in 1989 in business administration, and in 1990 in economics from the Bilkent University

Bilkent University

İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, commonly referred to as Bilkent University or Bilkent, is the first private, nonprofit university in Turkey with the fundamental aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research...

, and in 1993 in economics from the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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. In 1995, Erdem Başçı earned a PhD

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 degree in economics.

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.

Career

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

Durmus Yilmaz

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.