I am currently continuing my education in the Bilkent Economics department. I will graduate in June 2028.
I am currently pursuing my undergraduate degree in Economics at Bilkent University, with an expected graduation in June 2028.
I am an active member of two student organizations. In the Bilkent Economic Policy Making Society, we organize student-led academic discussions on various economic topics and host guest academics from other universities. Through the Management and Economics Club, we arrange global career trips to explore diverse working environments. Our recent trip to the Netherlands included visits to Microsoft, ING, Booking.com, and the Turkish Embassy in The Hague.
Living near the campus at 1,200 meters above sea level, I maintain an active lifestyle. I enjoy running five days a week and weight training three days a week to build both cardiovascular endurance and muscle strength. I also regularly organize evening football matches with friends. Additionally, I have a strong interest in modern LLMs and AI coding agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, and I am constantly working to improve my skills in these emerging technologies.
Topics and theories I am actively studying and passionate about exploring.
I am primarily interested in statistics, econometrics, matching theory, growth, and dynamic programming. I have also taken notable courses from the management department, such as managerial accounting, which focuses more on decision-making than traditional financial accounting.
Within matching theory, I am fascinated by David Gale and Lloyd Shapley’s landmark paper, "College Admissions and the Stability of Marriage." It beautifully demonstrates how a simple mathematical algorithm can solve stability problems, a concept now used in systems like kidney donor matching. This groundbreaking work earned them the Nobel Prize in 2012.
Another topic that captivates me is rental harmony and Sperner's Lemma. I am particularly drawn to the paper “Fair Allocation of Indivisible Goods and Criteria of Justice” and research on Sperner's Lemma. These concepts allow economists and mathematicians to guarantee an envy-free division of rent and rooms among roommates, regardless of subjective preferences. It is incredibly inspiring to see the New York Times turn this algorithm into a working calculator for splitting rent in hyper-competitive markets like NYC. This represents exactly why I study economics: the ability to take elegant mathematics and apply it to optimize our daily human interactions.
An analysis of the literary, sociological, and economic intersections of modern migration flows and the evolution of the American Dream narrative.
A glance at my high school achievements, sports, dog training, and musical interest.
In my high school years I was interested in horseback riding, philosopy, sociology, and playing electric guitar. We had composed a musical theatre piece about the life of Socrates for a small orchestral quartet. I chaired and organized plenty of MUN conferences, some of which you can find on the following website i.e, https://www.munpoint.com/tr/kisi/729/ozgur-eres.
Beyond my own training, I am deeply fascinated by dogs' behavioral psychology and training. I document our training milestones and daily adventures in a small visual diary on my dog Köpük's Instagram page @kopukopukopuk.
