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Timur Kuran

Timur Kuran

Gorter Family Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies
Economics
t.kuran@duke.edu
Box 90097, Department of Economics, Durham, NC 27708
Department of Economics, Box 90097, 213 Chapel Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Fellowship

National John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation · 2004

In the News

Published July 21, 2023
Political Impact of Islam on the Middle East
Published June 22, 2023
Hot Off the Press: Summer Reading From Duke Authors
Published February 17, 2023
Turkey’s Fate Was Sealed by Failures – Both Structural and Political, Experts Say
Published March 30, 2018
Another Road to Serfdom: Q&A With Timur Kuran
Published July 12, 2016
Timur Kuran: The roots of Middle East mistrust
Published July 8, 2016
The Roots of Middle East Mistrust
Published June 22, 2016
Sharia courts may have helped bring down the Ottoman Empire
Published May 13, 2016
Modern Lessons on Poverty from Old Istanbul
Published March 11, 2016
Timur Kuran: The authenticity deficit in modern politics
Published February 29, 2016
Timur Kuran’s book cited: A Trump wave is on the way
Published August 6, 2015
An emerging market star loses some of its shine
Published April 11, 2014
Timur Kuran: Turkey’s electoral dictatorship
Published August 22, 2013
Egypt in Crisis
Published August 2, 2013
Timur Kuran: Political Islam’s loss of democratic legitimacy
Published July 31, 2013
Timur Kuran: Egypt is becoming a 'failed state'