Publications

My publications and essays reflect my work across machine learning, time series analysis, stock market forecasting, computational social science, public-facing data writing, and broader questions around technology, politics, and society.

81 Citations
4 h-index
2 i10-index
Citation metrics are shown according to Google Scholar and updated manually.

Academic publications

Peer-reviewed articles, conference papers, preprints, book chapters, and academic work related to machine learning, forecasting, time series, stock market prediction, computational social science, and applied statistical modeling.
CSS

Türkiye’deki Açık Veri Kaynaklarına Genel Bakış ve Sosyal Bilimlerde Kullanımı: Ağaç Tabanlı Yapay Öğrenme Modelleriyle Seçim Sonuçlarını Etkileyen Ekonomik Göstergelerin Tahmini

Sosyal Veri Bilimi: Programlama, Modelleme ve Sosyal Bilimlerde Dijital/Hesaplamalı Yöntemler · 2026 · Book chapter

A book chapter on open data sources in Turkey and the use of tree-based machine learning models for election-related social science research.

Computational social science Open data Election forecasting Machine learning Turkey
AI

From Perceptions to Evidence: Detecting AI-Generated Content in Turkish News Media with a Fine-Tuned BERT Classifier

arXiv · 2026 · Preprint

A preprint on measuring AI-generated content in Turkish news media using a fine-tuned Turkish BERT classifier.

Artificial intelligence Turkish news media BERT AI-generated content
FCST

Leveraging Ensemble and Hybrid Forecasting Tools to Increase Accuracy: Turkey COVID-19 Case Study

SN Computer Science · 2025 · Journal article

A forecasting study comparing ensemble and hybrid tools to improve prediction accuracy in a Turkey COVID-19 case study.

Forecasting Ensemble methods Hybrid models COVID-19
CLIM

Forecasting Drought Phenomena Using a Statistical and Machine Learning-Based Analysis for the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

International Journal of Climatology · 2024 · Journal article

A statistical and machine learning-based study on forecasting drought phenomena in Central Anatolia.

Climate Drought forecasting Machine learning Central Anatolia
VIZ

How to Teach Data Visualisation to Fresh Statisticians: A Case Study in Turkey

Journal of Data Applications · 2024 · Journal article

A case study on teaching data visualisation to undergraduate statistics students in Turkey.

Data visualisation Statistics education Teaching Turkey
R

turkeyelections: The Most Comprehensive Initial R Package Developed on Election Results in Turkey

Journal of Statistics and Applied Sciences · 2024 · Journal article

An R package paper introducing turkeyelections, a comprehensive package for working with election results in Turkey.

R programming Election data Open source Turkey
TS

Forecasting performance of machine learning, time series, and hybrid methods for low- and high-frequency time series

Statistica Neerlandica · 2023 · Journal article

A comparative study of machine learning, classical time series, and hybrid methods across low- and high-frequency forecasting tasks.

Time series Machine learning Forecasting Hybrid methods
R

The Conference Report of Why R? Turkey 2022: The First R Conference with Call for Papers in Turkey

The R Journal · 2022 · Conference report

A conference report documenting Why R? Turkey 2022, the first R conference with a call for papers in Turkey.

R programming Open source Conference report Data science community
EDU

Evaluation of Reading Skills in the Context of Gender: An Analysis with PISA 2018 Data

Education Reform Initiative (ERG) · 2022 · Research report

A research report examining reading skills and gender differences using PISA 2018 data.

Education PISA 2018 Gender Reading skills
R

Conference Report of Why R? Turkey 2021

The R Journal · 2021 · Conference report

A conference report documenting Why R? Turkey 2021 and the growing R community in Turkey.

R programming Community Conference report
ENV

The impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on PM10 and SO2 concentrations and association with human mobility across Turkey

Environmental Research · 2021 · Journal article

A study on how lockdown policies were associated with air pollution indicators and human mobility patterns across Turkey.

Air pollution COVID-19 Mobility
ML

Prediction of Earthquake Magnitude and Direction in Kütahya and Muğla using Machine Learning Methods

4th National Insurance and Actuary Congress · 2019 · Conference paper

A conference paper applying machine learning methods to predict earthquake magnitude and direction in Kütahya and Muğla.

Machine learning Earthquake prediction Applied statistics Geospatial risk

Public writing

Selected popular science and public-facing articles, mostly written in Turkish.
Sarkaç · 4 September 2021 · Popular science
Ayrancım Gazetesi · 16 September 2021 · Data essay
Ayrancım Gazetesi · April 2021 · Politics and representation
Ayrancım Gazetesi · January 2021 · Urban data

Stories

Earlier literary pieces and short stories.
Short story · 2019
Short story · 2018
Short story · 2017