The 10 most followed economists on Twitter

In the history of Turkey, economic crises and fluctuations have never been lacking, but the economy has become the first agenda of Turkey in the last 5 years.

After the transition to a presidential system of rule, currency crises and shocks of interest and inflation rocked Turkey.

Along with the evolution of the economy, the interest of citizens in economists and economic news has also increased.

There was great interest in the exchange of economists, especially on social media.

These are the most followed economists on Twitter, with the new name X:

1- PROF. DR. ÖZGÜR DEMİRTAS

Sabancı University Chair of Finance

Instead of putting a quota on imports, you should ask why people buy gold.

People resort to different instruments to protect themselves from INFLATION where interest rates are suppressed.

Inflation is the root of evil. It is WRONG to deal with the consequences without destroying it.

— Ozgur Demirtas (@ProfDemirtas) August 9, 2023

2-DR. MAHFI DOES NOT BEND

Former Treasury Undersecretary, Altınbaş University faculty member.

MB is now trying to death to keep the dollar from going above 27. Even the Fed isn’t that worried about the dollars it prints. If we spent the time we do keeping interest rates low and suppressing the exchange rate in the right areas, we would have already solved the problem of inflation.

— Mahfi Eğilmez (@mahfiegilmez) August 7, 2023

3- MURAT MURATOGLU

economics writer for the newspaper Sözcü

In Türkiye with a population of 86 million;