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Selected academic, policy, and student-publication work by Arda Akgül.

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A selected record of academic, policy, and student-publication work. The list below includes work published through TEDU Economics Research Union, TEDUsTRC bulletins, UDIAD, EUROPolitika, and related outlets.

Last updated: 22.09.2026

Site Essays

First-person analytical essays published on this site (English), listed under Publication Pages below: We Have to Give Up Our Privacy, I Have Always Been Interested in Surveillance, How I Pay for Everything, Why I Turned Adblock Off, What Palantir Actually Builds, and Data Partnerships in Turkish Public Services.

sTAM Sustainability Agenda Q2 2026

Co-prepared with Ezgi Eylem Erdoğan; features an interview with Prof. Dr. Erdem Başçı on sustainability, central banking, CBAM, and green transition

Publisher: TED University Sustainable Trade Research Center (sTAM bulletin) Date: 2026 Link: Bulletins | PDF


sTAM Monthly Sustainability Agenda, Issue 01

Co-prepared with Ezgi Eylem Erdoğan; features an interview with Prof. Dr. Ayça Tekin-Koru on the founding story and strategic vision of TEDUsTRC

Publisher: TED University Sustainable Trade Research Center (sTAM bulletin) Date: February 2026 Link: Bulletins | PDF


Global Seasonal Consumption Peak

Publisher: ERUMAG, 4th Issue (TEDU Economics Research Union Magazine) Date: 04.01.2026


An Early Trial of Euro: Central Bank of West African States

With Mustafa Boydaş

Publisher: ERUMAG, 4th Issue (TEDU Economics Research Union Magazine) Date: 04.01.2026


The AI Money Machine and Inflation

With Mustafa Boydaş

Publisher: ERUMAG, 3rd Issue (TEDU Economics Research Union Magazine) Date: November 2025


Uncertainty and AI: Interview with Prof. Dr. Erdem Başçı

With Mustafa Boydaş

Publisher: ERUMAG, 3rd Issue (TEDU Economics Research Union Magazine) Date: November 2025


Türkiye Varlık Fonu ve Varlık Fonlarının Kalkınma Noktasında Önemi

Türkiye Wealth Fund and the Importance of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Development

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 17.07.2025 Link: Archived copy


How Breakups Affect the Economy: Marriages, Breakups and Divorces

Publisher: ERUMAG, 2nd Issue (TEDU Economics Research Union Magazine) Date: July 2025


Ahmed Şara Yönetimindeki Suriye’ye Yapılan Yatırımlar

Investments in Syria Under the Administration of Ahmed Şara

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 08.06.2025 Link: Archived copy


Sustainability and Its Importance

Publisher: ERUMAG, 1st Issue (TEDU Economics Research Union Magazine) Date: May 2025


Avrupa’da Elektrik Kesintisi: Enerji Arz Güvenliği ve Çözümler

Power Outages in Europe: Energy Supply Security and Solutions

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 13.05.2025 Link: Archived copy


Gazze’yi Yeniden İnşa Projesi’nin Ekonomik Temeli: Dr. Pelzman’ın Planı

Economic Basis of the Gaza Reconstruction Project: Dr. Pelzman’s Plan

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 20.02.2025 Link: Archived copy


Türkiye’siz Doğu Akdeniz Tahayyülü: EastMed Projesi

An Eastern Mediterranean Without Türkiye: The EastMed Project

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 01.01.2025 Link: Archived copy


Türkiye’nin Enerjide Dışa Bağımlılığı Azaltma Hedefi

Türkiye’s Goal of Reducing External Energy Dependence

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 13.11.2024 Link: Archived copy


Devletler için Bir Güvenlik Sorunu Olarak ‘‘İncellik’’

“Incelism” as a Security Problem for States

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 10.10.2024 Link: Archived copy


Hizbullah’a Yönelik Elektronik Harp Operasyonu ve Haberleşmede Yerliliğin Önemi

Electronic Warfare Operation Against Hezbollah and the Importance of Indigenous Communications

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 29.09.2024 Link: Archived copy


Starmer, Scholz’la İyi Anlaşıyor Ancak Brexit’ten Vazgeçmeyecek

Starmer Gets Along with Scholz but Will Not Abandon Brexit

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 05.09.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Sahel Devletlerı Konfederasyonu: Türkiye-Sahel İlişkileri

Confederation of Sahel States: Türkiye–Sahel Relations

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 24.08.2024 Link: Archived copy


NATO’nun Yeni Genel Sekreteri Mark Rutte’yi Bekleyen Zorluklar

The Challenges Awaiting NATO’s New Secretary General Mark Rutte

Publisher: International Center for Economic, Social, Political and Strategic Research Date: 20.08.2024 Link: Archived copy


Diplomasi ve Hafıza: Nagasaki’nin İsrail’i Davet Etmeme Kararı

Diplomacy and Memory: Nagasaki’s Decision Not to Invite Israel

Publisher: International Association for Diplomatic Relations, Academic Research and Education Date: 16.08.2024 Link: Archived copy


Ana akım partilerin popülist taklide değil, radikal merkezciliğe ihtiyacı var

Mainstream Parties Need Radical Centrism, Not Populist Imitation

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 04.08.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


France Elections: A Defeat for Far-Right

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 11.07.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


UK General Elections: Great Win for Labour

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 08.07.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Hungary Takes Over EU Presidency of 2024

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 05.07.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


A New Conflict in the Middle East: Hezbollah Threatens an EU Member

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 24.06.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Macron’un seçim bahsi, Fransa ekonomisini tehlikeye atıyor

Macron’s Election Gamble Endangers the French Economy

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 15.06.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Welfare State within the Scope of Bismarck, Beveridge’s Attempts and Key Points of European Union

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 04.05.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


İsveç ve Finlandiya, Avrupa Birliği’nin ticari cazibesini kazanmasını istiyor

Sweden and Finland Want the European Union to Gain Commercial Attractiveness

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 23.04.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Is it time for Mark Rutte as NATO Secretary General?

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 05.04.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Avrupa Birliği, yoksul üye ülkeleri fonlamada radikal bir değişiklik yapıyor

The European Union Is Making a Radical Change in Funding Poor Member States

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 01.04.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Von Der Leyen’in Ukrayna’yı silahlandırma projesine karşı çıkılıyor

Opposition to von der Leyen’s Project to Arm Ukraine

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 16.03.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Batı, Rus ekonomisini neden çökertemedi?

Why Didn’t the West Collapse the Russian Economy?

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 06.03.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Priorities of Munich Security Conference 2024

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 23.02.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


NATO Countries’ Expenditure on Defence

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 21.02.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Le Pen saygınlığını nasıl kazandı?

How Did Le Pen Gain Respectability?

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 18.02.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


AfD’s Programme and Raging Protests Against AfD

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 10.02.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


AB’nin en üst düzey diplomatı İsrail’i Hamas’ı finanse etmekle suçladı

The EU’s Top Diplomat Accused Israel of Financing Hamas

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 02.02.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Trump’s Footsteps to Be Heard Across Europe

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 23.01.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Kızıldeniz: Belirtiyi değil, sebebi tedavi etme zamanı

Red Sea: Time to Treat the Cause, Not the Symptom

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 17.01.2024 Link: Read Article | Archive


Amerika’nın en etkili diplomatı Henry Kissinger, 100 yaşında hayatını kaybetti

America’s Most Influential Diplomat Henry Kissinger Dies at 100

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 01.12.2023 Link: Read Article | Archive


Friesland Province’s History, Politics and Economy

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 18.10.2023 Link: Read Article | Archive


Turkish-Ukrainian Economic Relations on Several Matters: Two Sides of the Black Sea

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 08.10.2023 Link: Read Article | Archive


A Glance to Black Sea Grain Initiative: Results of First Year

Publisher: EUROPolitika Date: 04.09.2023 Link: Read Article | Archive


Publications

Publication Pages

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September 22, 2026

How I Pay for Everything

I think cashless daily life is less about ideology than visibility. Here is how a student budget runs on cards and instant transfers.

September 22, 2026

What Palantir Actually Builds

I look past the headlines: ontology layers, data integration, and forward-deployed engineering — Palantir as infrastructure worth studying, not myth.

September 22, 2026

Why I Turned Adblock Off

I think the real cost of an ad blocker is not the ads you get back — it is the half-pages and the lost feedback loop. Here is why I left it off.

June 24, 2026

We Have to Give Up Our Privacy

Privacy as secrecy is a wasting asset: contingent history, qualified rights, commercial surrender, and Harvest Now, Decrypt Later. What deserves defense is accountability, not the locked drawer.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Where has Arda Akgul published?
His work appears in ERUMAG, TEDUsTRC bulletins, UDIAD publications, EUROPolitika, and ULESAM.
Has Arda Akgul conducted interviews?
Yes. He co-conducted interviews with Prof. Dr. Erdem Basci for ERUMAG and the sTAM bulletin, and with Prof. Dr. Ayca Tekin-Koru for the sTAM bulletin.