I grew up in the ancient streets of Istanbul, where thousands of years of history lie layered one upon another, as the curious child of a professor of economics and a dentist who always took my questions seriously. The discipline that Francophone school culture instilled in me, combined with the doors opened by Turkish, French and English, allowed everything I was drawn to to grow from much deeper roots. Economics had been the central subject of our dinner conversations since childhood; when it merged with artificial intelligence, the most exciting development of my generation, it became my true passion. Yet along this technical journey, I never neglected myself or my soul: I found pauses for my stream of thought in the strings of an electric guitar and the dynamism of fencing. My dream is for the world to always be a fairer, more sustainable place, grounded in equal opportunity. I designed this site to invite you to be part of that journey