Awards/Achievement/Scholarships
- 2024: Massey University School of Economics and Finance: Excellence in Teaching
- 2023: Massey University College of Business- MBS Supervisor Award
- 2022: Massey University College of Business- MBS Individual Research Award
- 2017: The winner of the award entitled the Certificate of Excellence in Research Impact for 2017- True Massey Business School “Star” which is distributed by Massey Business School.
- 2015: Massey University Research Fund (MURF) 2015 is granted up to 9095 NZD.
- 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: Nominated for Albany Students’ Association Lecturer of the Year award (LOTY).
- 2014, 2015: One of my paper entitled “Impacts of Exported Turkish Soap Operas and Visa-free Entry on Inbound Tourism to Turkey (with Faruk Balli and Kemal Cebeci) has also been featured highly in The Wall Street Journal article entitled “Vacation hotspot aims to double visitor numbers” on 30 April-1 May, 2014. ---Featured also highly in Publico (Portugal Daily Newspaper) in 2 November, 2014.--- Featured also highly in El Pais (Uruguay Daily Newspaper) in 15, July, 2015. At http://www.elpais.com.uy/el-empresario/industria-telenovelas-turcas-le-pisa.html
- 2013: Massey University College of Business- Early Career Research Award
- 2012: Highly commended winner in the 2012 Emerald /EFMD MENA Management Research Fund Award for the research paper “Impacts of Exported Turkish Soap Operas and Visa-free Entry on Inbound Tourism to Turkey” joint with Faruk Balli and Kemal Cebeci. (500 Euro)
- 2010: The young researcher best paper/presentation RBNZ-NZESG award at the 20th NZESG (New Zealand Econometric Study Group) Meeting that was held at Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand (1000 NZD)
- 2006: Dr. J. Walter Primeaux and Natalie A. Primeaux Award for Excellence in Economic Education and Research, University of Houston, USA (1000 USD)
- 2005-2006: University of Houston Travel Grant, USA (1000 USD)
- 2002-2008: Graduate Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston, USA
- 2002- 2008: Cullen Memorial Graduate Fellowship, University of Houston, USA
- 1999-2002: Tuition and Stipend Fellowship, University of BILKENT, Turkey
- 1999: Ranked 1st, B.S in Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- 1994-2008: Achieved High Honour degree every semester throughout my education.