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Erdogan Appoints Crypto Professor to Central Bank Monetary Body
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed Fatma Ozkul, a professor who teaches about crypto assets and blockchain technology, to the central bank’s rate-setting committee. Ozkul, a lecturer at Istanbul’s Marmara University, is the newest member of Turkey’s central bank Monetary Policy Committee, according to a presidential decree published early Saturday. The professor’s main research areas are accounting, finance and auditing, and she has held courses in subjects including blockchain technology and crypto assets, according to a profile published on university’s web page. Erdogan assembled a new ... (full story)